Behavioral and Policy Sciences Department, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Community Health Equity Res Policy. 2024 Jul;44(4):399-407. doi: 10.1177/2752535X221150009. Epub 2023 Jan 18.
Text messages are useful for health promotion and can be modified during public health emergencies.
Describe how we developed and implemented a physical activity (PA) text messaging component within a faith-based intervention, modified the text message content in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and evaluated participants' perceptions of the modified text messages.
PA promotion text messages were delivered to predominately Spanish-speaking, churchgoing Latino adults ( = 284) in Los Angeles, California. In 2020, we modified the messages to disseminate COVID-19-related information and support and share virtual PA resources.
We analyzed quantitative and qualitative survey data to gauge participants' experiences with the text messages.
COVID-19 related text messages were a feasible, acceptable addition to a PA intervention for a sample of Latinos.
Throughout the pandemic, the messages enabled continued communication and support for PA and protection from COVID-19 in a population at high-risk of health inequities.
短信在促进健康方面很有用,并且可以在公共卫生紧急情况下进行修改。
描述我们如何在一项基于信仰的干预措施中开发和实施体育活动(PA)短信组件,针对 COVID-19 大流行修改短信内容,并评估参与者对修改后的短信的看法。
PA 促进短信发送给了加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的以西班牙语为主要语言、经常去教堂的拉丁裔成年人(n=284)。2020 年,我们修改了这些信息,以传播与 COVID-19 相关的信息,并支持和分享虚拟 PA 资源。
我们分析了定量和定性调查数据,以评估参与者对短信的体验。
对于拉丁裔人群的 PA 干预措施,与 COVID-19 相关的短信是一种可行且可接受的补充。
在整个大流行期间,这些信息使处于健康不平等风险较高的人群能够继续进行 PA 方面的沟通和支持,并预防 COVID-19。