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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

One popular mHealth initiative is the text4baby program, a public-private partnership launched in 2010 that sends free text messages to expectant and new mothers containing appointment reminders, safety alerts, and general prenatal and postpartum health advice. How can we avoid creating "digital divides" that could worsen health disparities?

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Parental Support and the Built Environment: A 4-Way Decomposition Analysis of Childrens Physical Activity [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Individual, social, and built environments interact to shape physical activity (PA), with responses to environmental cues often differing by gender. Light physical activity (LPA) is infrequently studied, yet may be particularly sensitive to such influences.

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