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SUBMITTER: Chernick LS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701840 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chernick Lauren S LS Stockwell Melissa S MS Wu Mengfei M Castaño Paula M PM Schnall Rebecca R Westhoff Carolyn L CL Santelli John J Dayan Peter S PS
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 20171019 6
<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a text messaging intervention to increase contraception among adolescent emergency department patients.<h4>Methods</h4>A pilot randomized controlled trial of sexually active females aged 14-19 receiving 3 months of theory-based, unidirectional educational and motivational texts providing reproductive health information versus standardized discharge instructions. Blinded assessors measured contraception initiation via telephone foll ...[more]