Does the addition of text messaging affect service delivery or outcomes?
Author(s)
Emma Croghan
Presenter(s)
Emma Croghan Director of Public Health and Lifestyle Services, North 51, Nottingham
Abstract
Many stop smoking services use text messaging as a way to enhance their service. This presentation will discuss the different ways services can use text messaging, and will look at the aims of current systems and messages and any related impacts and outcomes. In this presentation we will discuss the content and efficacy of texts for different purposes. Finally, the presentation will consider the cost effectiveness of using text messaging .
Source of funding: North 51
Declaration of interest: Emma Croghan has received royalties from books about smoking cessation and health promotion in the last three years. She has also previously received travel funding and honoraria from manufacturers of smoking cessation medication.
