‘SMS’ for mental health – Feasibility and acceptability of using text messages for mental health promotion among young women from urban low income settings in India

Chandra, Prabha S.; Sowmya, H.R.; Mehrotra, Seema; Duggal, Mona

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2014.06.008

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“…Adapting effective mHealth programs for multiple minority populations requires attention to relevant cultural characteristics [2-4,6,9,10]. Cultural adaptation may reflect the nuances of language and cultural practices, so that health messages and services reflect their history, health beliefs and norms, social practices, and political and economic characteristics [10-14].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Development of a Culturally Tailored Text Message Maternal Health Program: TextMATCH

Dobson¹,

Whittaker²,

Bartley³

et al. 2017

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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BackgroundMobile phones are increasingly being used to deliver health information and health services globally. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions may be well-suited for minority groups with greater barriers to accessing traditional health services. However, little has been written about the process of culturally adapting interventions for multiple ethnic and cultural minorities within a population.ObjectiveThis study describes the process of developing a culturally tailored text message-based maternal health program (TextMATCH: Text for MATernal and Child Health) for Māori, Pacific, Asian, and South Asian families living in New Zealand. We report on engagement and acceptability of the TextMATCH program.MethodsProgram data was examined to describe engagement with the program 18 months after implementation. Telephone interviews were conducted with a sample of participants who consented to provide feedback on acceptability and relevance of the program.ResultsA total of 1404 participants enrolled in TextMATCH over 18 months, with 18.52% (260) actively opting out at some point (after 0 to 17 months of messages). It was found that 356 (70.9%) of the 502 eligible participants actively switched from the initial pregnancy program to the baby program after delivery. Phone interviews were conducted with 29 participants including 6 who had withdrawn (duration of program from 3 to 16 months). Only 2 participants reported that the program was not useful, with the remainder rating the usefulness of messages positively (average 4.24 out of 5). All participants stated that the messages were relevant, culturally appropriate, and easy to understand. Most were happy with the specific advice and the language options provided.ConclusionsWe have demonstrated the importance of an intensive approach to the development of a culturally adapted and tailored mHealth program for multiple different cultural minority groups within our population.

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“…In instances where perceptions of culturally adapted mHealth interventions have been described, these perceptions are positive [3,4,6,15-18]. A common factor is the lack of investigation of the cultural appropriateness of messages specifically.…”

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Development of a Culturally Tailored Text Message Maternal Health Program: TextMATCH

Dobson¹,

Whittaker²,

Bartley³

et al. 2017

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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“…Chandra et al [12] investigated the effectiveness of text messaging in promoting positive mental health amongst impoverished women in the city of Bangalore; the experience lasted 1 month and involved 40 patients aged between 16 and 18, who received text messages every day and could make warning voice calls or missed calls in case of emotional problems. The study identified cultural issues involving gender and patriarchal relationships; males were excessively concerned with the origin of the texts women received and the latter, as well as their mothers, insisted on data confidentiality.…”

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Mobile Phones and Psychosocial Therapies with Vulnerable People: a First State of the Art

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Mobile phones are becoming a communication tool commonly used by people all over the world; and they are started to be adopted in psychosocial therapies involving vulnerable people. We are herein presenting the results of an academic literature review. We identified scientific papers published between 2006 and 2015 resorting to academic databases available on the Internet, applying a systematic selection method based on quality criteria. Secondly, we analysed contents, highlighting the scarcity of research involving vulnerable people. The available literature specialized in psychosocial therapies offers investigation results which involve mobile phones and patients in general, focusing particularly on the clinical psychology field and, to a lesser extent, on the social work field. Particularly significant are the investigation works developed in the United States. In the present paper we introduce a first “state of the art”, identifying opportunities and also the limitations surrounding the use of mobile phones in psychosocial therapies targeting the vulnerable. Issues concerning privacy and data confidentiality, and the access of vulnerable people to mobile phones and how they use them, pose significant challenges; but they offer the opportunity to reach isolated or impoverished populations, or even to facilitate access to social and healthcare services. We close this paper formulating possible orientations, hypotheses and goals to design new investigation works involving vulnerable populations.

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“…A number of studies have evaluated the role of text message based interventions in the Indian subcontinent. For example, to support medication adherence to antiretroviral therapy9 and to diabetes medications10 and for lifestyle and behaviour modification in diabetes prevention,11 mental health12 and oral health 13. However, mostly these trials employed either pictorial messages9 or English text messages 10 13.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, mostly these trials employed either pictorial messages9 or English text messages 10 13. One study that delivered text messages in the local language reported high acceptability but did not report the process of content development 12. Arguably delivery in the local vernacular is more acceptable14 and improves the capacity to assess the true potential of the intervention.…”

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confidence: 99%

Development of macaronic Hindi-English ‘Hinglish’ text message content for a coronary heart disease secondary prevention programme

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‘SMS’ for mental health – Feasibility and acceptability of using text messages for mental health promotion among young women from urban low income settings in India

Cited by 55 publications

References 38 publications

Development of a Culturally Tailored Text Message Maternal Health Program: TextMATCH

Development of a Culturally Tailored Text Message Maternal Health Program: TextMATCH

Mobile Phones and Psychosocial Therapies with Vulnerable People: a First State of the Art

Development of macaronic Hindi-English ‘Hinglish’ text message content for a coronary heart disease secondary prevention programme

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