Use of Text Messaging and Facebook Groups to Support the Healthy Children, Strong Families 2 Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for American Indian Families.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few obesity interventions have been developed for American Indian (AI) families despite the disproportionate risk of obesity experienced within AI communities. The emergence of mobile technologies to enhance intervention delivery could particularly benefit AI communities, many of which are hard to reach and underserved.

Objectives

This study aimed to assess the use and perceptions of text messaging and Facebook to support delivery of the Healthy Children, Strong Families 2 (HCSF2) mailed healthy lifestyle/obesity prevention intervention and discuss lessons learned regarding intervention support via these platforms among AI participants.

Methods

From among AI families with young children (ages 2-5 y), 450 adult-child dyads were recruited from 5 rural and urb

SUBMITTER: Tomayko EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242221 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature