ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2019
Acceptability of a text message-based intervention for obesity prevention in infants from Hawai'i and Puerto Rico WIC.
Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02903186 (Multi-site Trial Using Short Mobile Messages), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Multi-site Trial Using Short Mobile Messages (SMS) to Improve Infant Weight in Low-income Minorities
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood caries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Process evaluations of early childhood obesity prevention interventions delivered via telephone or text messages: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in later infancy in term-born infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Baby-Act Intervention to Prevent Excessive Infant Weight Gain: Development, Implementation, Lessons Learned, and Future Applications.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Trial
- E-health Dietary Interventions for Participants of SNAP and WIC: A Systematic Review.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Review
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- The Baby Bites Text Messaging Project with randomized controlled trial: texting to improve infant feeding practices.mHealth · 2023Article
- A Tailored SMS Text Message-Based Intervention to Facilitate Patient Access to Referred Community-Based Social Needs Resources: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Decídetexto: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Smoking Cessation Intervention in Puerto Rico.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The potential impact of feeding formula-fed infants according to published recommendations.Pediatric research · 2020Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundLow-income and minority children are at increased risk for obesity. Text messaging offers advantages for delivering education, but few studies have assessed the acceptability of text messaging in interventions aimed at preventing excessive weight gain in infants. This study investigated the acceptability of a text message-based intervention for prevention of excessive weight gain in infants from Hawai'i and Puerto Rico WIC clinics.
methodsThe four-month text message based intervention designed to improve infant feeding practices and reduce excessive weight gain was a randomized controlled trial that included mothers with infants ages 0-2 months at baseline. Participants in the intervention arm received 18 text messages (1/week) promoting breastfeeding and appropriate complementary feeding. Acceptability of the intervention was assessed from participant retention, satisfaction, and evidence of behavior change in a sequential multimethod approach, quantitatively from questions sent via text and qualitatively during the in-person exit interview. The final analysis included 80 mother-infant pairs from the intervention arm.
resultsWhen asked about messages liked and disliked the most, the majority of responses via text indicated that they liked all messages. From the qualitative analyses, most participants reported that all messages were useful and that the messages led them to make changes in the way they fed their infants. Participant retention was good at 78.4%.
conclusionsThe intervention was acceptable to participants based upon participant retention, measures of satisfaction, and reports of behavior change. Results may inform development of mobile health programs for minority childhood obesity prevention.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier; NCT02903186; September 16, 2016.
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