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Trial reportJMIR formative research2025

Effectiveness of Text Message Outreach to Promote Enrollment in a Government Food Assistance Program: Pilot Randomized Trial.

Emily M Melnick, Francesco Acciai, Nicole Vaudrin O'Reilly, Mindy Jossefides, A Bea Ronan, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati

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Trial report in JMIR formative research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Emily M Melnick *College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 425 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ, United States, 1 (480) 965-2100.ORCID 0000-0003-3497-5626
Francesco Acciai *College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 425 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ, United States, 1 (480) 965-2100.ORCID 0000-0002-7881-7593
Nicole Vaudrin O'ReillyInter Tribal Council of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States.ORCID 0009-0004-5873-0177
Mindy JossefidesInter Tribal Council of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States.ORCID 0009-0005-6779-2449
A Bea RonanCollege of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 425 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ, United States, 1 (480) 965-2100.ORCID 0009-0005-7617-321X
Punam Ohri-VachaspatiCollege of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 425 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ, United States, 1 (480) 965-2100.ORCID 0000-0001-9619-9816

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: Findings from a pilot randomized trial of 916 households indicated that outreach text messages were not an effective strategy to increase enrollment in the United States Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) among eligible households in Arizona.

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Food AssistanceText MessagingAdultArizonaFemaleHumansInfantMalePilot ProjectsProgram EvaluationinterventionSNAPSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Programtext messagingUnited StatesWICwomen, infants, and children

Identifiers

PMID41172350
PMCPMC12578432

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