Le Daisy, Holt Cheryl L, Saunders Darlene R, Wang Min Qi, Coriolan Annie, Savoy Alma D, Slade Jimmie L, Muwwakkil Bettye, Atkinson Nancy L
University of Maryland, USA
Community Ministry of Prince George's County, USA
Health Informatics J. 2016 Dec;22(4):932-947. doi: 10.1177/1460458215598636. Epub 2015 Aug 30.
African Americans' greater access to mobile phones makes short messaging service technology a promising complement to health promotion interventions. Short messaging service text messages were added to the Men's Prostate Awareness Church Training project, a men's health intervention for African American men. We report on the feasibility and acceptability of the use of short messaging service text messages in the intervention. Short messaging service text messages served as (1) workshop reminders; (2) post-workshop message reinforcement; (3) spiritual/motivational messages; and (4) participant retention. At workshop 4, over 65 percent of participants wished to continue receiving the messages. While there was an increase in recall over time, more than one-third of the participants did not recall receiving the 53 text messages. However, recall was considerably greater among men who attended the Men's Prostate Awareness Church Training workshops. Overall, the inclusion of text messages in health promotion interventions targeting mature African American men was found to be feasible and acceptable.
非裔美国人对手机的更多使用使得短信服务技术成为健康促进干预措施的一种有前景的补充。短信被添加到“男性前列腺健康意识教会培训项目”中，这是一项针对非裔美国男性的男性健康干预措施。我们报告了在该干预措施中使用短信的可行性和可接受性。短信起到了以下作用：（1）工作坊提醒；（2）工作坊后信息强化；（3）精神/激励信息；以及（4）参与者留存。在第4次工作坊中，超过65%的参与者希望继续接收这些信息。虽然随着时间推移回忆率有所提高，但超过三分之一的参与者不记得收到过53条短信。然而，参加男性前列腺健康意识教会培训工作坊的男性的回忆率要高得多。总体而言，在针对成熟非裔美国男性的健康促进干预措施中纳入短信被认为是可行且可接受的。
