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Theme Issue 2024: 25 Years of Digital Health Excellence (82) Viewpoints and Perspectives (1492) Mobile Health (mhealth) (5358) Wearables and MHealth Viewpoints (212) Text-messaging (SMS, WeChat etc)-Based Interventions (942) Smoking Cessation (710) Equity and Digital Divide (541)

Published on in Vol 26 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/59888, first published .
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Don’t Forget the Humble Text Message: 25 Years of Text Messaging in Health

Don’t Forget the Humble Text Message: 25 Years of Text Messaging in Health

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Rosie Dobson1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Robyn Whittaker1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Lorien C Abroms3 Author Orcid Image ;   Dale Bramley2 Author Orcid Image ;   Caroline Free4 Author Orcid Image ;   Hayden McRobbie5, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Melanie Stowell1 Author Orcid Image ;   Anthony Rodgers7 Author Orcid Image
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