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Feasibility and principal acceptability of school-based mobile communication applications to disseminate healthy lunchbox messages to parents.

Renee C ReynoldsRachel SutherlandNicole NathanLisa JanssenChristophe LecathelinaisKathryn ReillyAlison WaltonLuke Wolfenden
Published in: Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals (2018)
The majority of principals recognise student lunchboxes need improving. The use of school-based mobile communication applications appears to be feasible and acceptable by principals as a method of communicating lunchbox messages to parents. SO WHAT?: Use of school-based mobile communication applications may be an effective method for delivering health information at a population level. Future research should assess the potential efficacy of disseminating health interventions via this modality.
Keyphrases
  • health information
  • social media
  • public health
  • physical activity
  • mental health
  • human health
  • current status
  • climate change
  • health promotion