Promoting health behaviour in Portuguese children via Short Message Service: The efficacy of a text-messaging programme

Cátia Silva; Daniel B. Fassnacht; Kathina Ali; Sónia Gonçalves; Eva Conceição; Ana Vaz; Ross D. Crosby; Paulo P.P. Machado

doi:10.1177/1359105315577301

Promoting health behaviour in Portuguese children via Short Message Service: The efficacy of a text-messaging programme

Cátia Silva, Daniel B. Fassnacht, Kathina Ali, Sónia Gonçalves, Eva Conceição, Ana Vaz, Ross D. Crosby, Paulo P.P. Machado

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A Short Message Service programme was adapted to monitor three health behaviours and provide supportive feedback. The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the programme to increase fruit/vegetable consumption and physical activity and to decrease screen time. A total of 139 Portuguese children, aged 8-10 years, grouped by classroom, were randomly assigned to an intervention (8 weeks of monitoring/feedback) or a control condition. Participants had their key behaviours assessed at baseline, post-intervention and follow-up. A three-level hierarchical linear model was developed. Results showed that the monitoring and feedback programme significantly increased fruit and vegetable consumption over time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	806-815
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	20
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315577301
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2015
Externally published	Yes

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children
health promotion
healthy behaviours
technology

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