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Acceptability of Reminders for Immunization Appointments via Mobile Devices by Mothers in Ilorin, Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study

Oman Medical Journal, 2017
Objectives: Immunization coverage in Nigeria remains low despite the protection it confers. Reminders via mobile phones may be deployed as a means of improving vaccination coverage but requires the participation and cooperation of the caregiver ...
Rasheedat Mobolaji Ibraheem, Moshood Adebayo Akintola   +1 more
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Computer-generated reminders and quality of pediatric HIV care in a resource-limited setting [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of clinician-targeted computer-generated reminders on compliance with HIV care guidelines in a resource-limited setting. METHODS: We conducted this randomized, controlled trial in an HIV referral clinic in Kenya caring
Huang, Kristin T. L., Nyandiko, Winstone M., Shen, Changyu, Slaven, James E., Tierney, William M., Vreeman, Rachel C., Were, Martin C.   +6 more
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Can implementation intentions and text messages promote brisk walking? A randomized trial. [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: To test the efficacy in promoting brisk walking of two theory-based interventions that incorporate implementation intentions and text message (Short Message Service; SMS) reminders directed at one’s walking-related plans or goals.
Hurling, R, Perugini, M, Prestwich, AJ
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Using Intervention Mapping to Develop an Efficacious Multicomponent Systems-Based Intervention to Increase Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination in a Large Urban Pediatric Clinic Network [PDF]

, 2020
Background: The CDC recommends HPV vaccine for all adolescents to prevent cervical, anal, oropharyngeal, vaginal, vulvar, and penile cancers, and genital warts. HPV vaccine rates currently fall short of national vaccination goals.
Coan, Sharon P., Crawford, Claire A., Frost, Erica L., Gabay, Efrat K., Healy, C. Mary, Savas, Lara S., Shegog, Ross, Spinner, Stanley W., Vernon, Sally W.   +8 more
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The Great Escape: The Role of Self-esteem and Self-related Cognition in Terror Management [PDF]

, 2015
Integrating terror management theory and objective self-awareness theory, we propose the existential escape hypothesis, which states that people with low self-esteem should be especially prone to escaping self-awareness as a distal response to thoughts
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Digital Planning-Based Technologies to Support Memory-Related Functioning in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Scoping Study

Journal of Ageing and Longevity
Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a precursor to dementia, with a prevalence of over 15% among community dwellers, with significant economic and social implications.
Aswen Sriranganathan, Shaylene Kathiravelu, Tracy Li, Lindsey Sikora, Shekinah McClymont, Dona Locke, Melanie Chandler, Anne Shandera-Ochsner, Adrian D. C. Chan, Fateme Rajabiyazdi, Octavio A. Santos, Chantal Trudel, Atul Jaiswal, Neil Thomas   +13 more
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Conclusion: New Projects and Old Reminders [PDF]

, 2002
Globalization and the transnational networks established by economic integration have produced a context in which the gathering of knowledge about Latina/o and Latin American communities is largely devoid of any processual perspective. This means that we
Sampaio, Anna, Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos
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Android Note Manager Application for People with Visual Impairment

, 2013
With the outburst of smart-phones today, the market is exploding with various mobile applications. This paper proposes an application using which visually impaired people can type a note in Grade 1 Braille and save it in the external memory of their ...
Venugopal, Gayatri
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Mortality Salience Effects on the Life Expectancy Estimates of Older Adults as a Function of Neuroticism

Journal of Aging Research, 2010
Research has shown that reminders of mortality lead people to engage in defenses to minimize the anxiety such thoughts could arouse. In accord with this notion, younger adults reminded of mortality engage in behaviors aimed at denying vulnerability to ...
Molly Maxfield, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg   +3 more
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Intervention strategies for improving patient adherence to follow-up in the era of mobile information technology: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundPatient adherence to follow-up plays a key role in the medical surveillance of chronic diseases and affects the implementation of clinical research by influencing cost and validity.
Haotian Lin, Xiaohang Wu
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