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On The Move is a new research study to prevent diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol and other chronic diseases in Latinos, conducted by the Healthy Aging Research and Technology Solutions (HARTS) lab at the Stanford Prevention Research Center.
Researchers send three-to-five text messages per week to study participants-Latinos ages 45 and older- based on participant’s personal goals, over the 18-month study, to help Latinos improve their daily habits to improve their health and reduce their risk of chronic disease.
Text messages will provide nutrition and physical activity tip and advice.
“This program is for people who are busy, who lead a busy life, but have a chance to take a phone call, or have the chance to read a text message that’s going to help them in a way become more physically active and thus get a little healthier or manage their conditions better” German Blanco, health advisor at the Stanford Prevention Research Center said according to one source.
In 2014, Stanford’s ‘tips-by-text‘ program successfully helped boost literacy in preschoolers.
It is important to develop creative methods to deliver health messages, especially for Latinos who are disproportionately burdened by health disparities.
Learn more about this study, here.
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