Title :
Short messages in health promotion: Widespred and cost effective two-way communication channel for health
Author :
Nyberg, Tirno ; Xiong, Gang ; Luostarinen, Jani
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Sci., Aalto Univ., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
This paper takes a glance to the health problems of 21st century lifestyle and examines the attributes of Short Messages System to health promotion with reference to relevant innovative applications of SMS. This report is based upon a comprehensive cross-referenced internet literature search and review of both clinical studies and grey literature.
Keywords :
Internet; biomedical communication; electronic messaging; health care; SMS; cross-referenced Internet literature search; health promotion; short messages system; two-way communication channel; Europe; Medical services; Mobile communication; Subscriptions; Health promotion & lifestyle; easy administration; inteintegrated SMS applications; low message cost; mobile phone; personal & private; social communication; speed of transmission; storage ability; targeted population segments; widespread SMS usage;
Conference_Titel :
Service Operations, Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0573-1
DOI :
10.1109/SOLI.2011.5986569
