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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Planning text message use for monitoring, retention, adherence, and education


Saturday, November 2, 2013 : 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Stephanie Grutzmacher, PhD, Department of Family Studies, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
This session will contain application activities for participants to examine ways in which text message technology can be used in their own areas of health education and promotion.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Formulate a plan to utilize text messages in their area of health practice, including program goals, design, recruitment, content, and evaluation.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I was responsible for planning the Text2BHealthy program, the only text-message based nutrition education program funded by SNAP-Ed nationally.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 1002.0: Utilizing Text Messages in Health Education -- Fee: $250