Feasibility of Promoting Physical Activity Using mHealth Technology in Rural Women: The Step-2-It Study

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Describes a pilot study that examined the potential of text-messaging and utilization of a pedometer to promote walking among rural women age 40 and over in Illinois. Discusses efforts to increase physical activity through rural-specific interventions and assesses the pilot program's feasibility by analyzing participant data.

Manorama M. Khare, Kristine Zimmermann, Rebecca Lyons, Cara Locklin, Ben S. Gerber

BMC Women's Health, 21, 415

12/2021

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Physical activity · Statistics and data · Technology for health and human services · Women · Illinois