[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of mobile-health technology-based health behaviour change or disease management interventions for health care consumers: a systematic …

C Free, G Phillips, L Galli, L Watson, L Felix… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Mobile technologies could be a powerful media for providing individual level
support to health care consumers. We conducted a systematic review to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of mobile-health technologies to improve health care service delivery processes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Free, G Phillips, L Watson, L Galli, L Felix… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Mobile health interventions could have beneficial effects on health care
delivery processes. We aimed to conduct a systematic review of controlled trials of mobile …

[HTML][HTML] Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phone text messaging (txt2stop): a single-blind, randomised trial

C Free, R Knight, S Robertson, R Whittaker, P Edwards… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Smoking cessation programmes delivered via mobile phone text messaging
show increases in self-reported quitting in the short term. We assessed the effect of an …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of M-health technologies for improving health and health services: a systematic review protocol

C Free, G Phillips, L Felix, L Galli, V Patel… - BMC research …, 2010 - Springer
Background The application of mobile computing and communication technology is rapidly
expanding in the fields of health care and public health. This systematic review will …

Recent evaluations of the peer‐led approach in adolescent sexual health education: A systematic review

CR Kim, C Free - Perspectives on sexual and reproductive …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
CONTEXT: Peer‐led interventions have become a popular method of providing sexual health
education to adolescents, but the efficacy of this approach and the methodological quality …

Txt2stop: a pilot randomised controlled trial of mobile phone-based smoking cessation support

C Free, R Whittaker, R Knight, T Abramsky… - Tobacco …, 2009 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Aim: To conduct a pilot randomised controlled trial of mobile phone-based smoking cessation
support intervention for the UK population. Design: Randomised controlled trial (txt2stop). …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative effectiveness, safety and acceptability of medical abortion at home and in a clinic: a systematic review

…, MH Park, H Shakur, C Free - Bulletin of the World …, 2011 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To compare medical abortion practised at home and in clinics in terms of
effectiveness, safety and acceptability. METHODS: A systematic search for randomized controlled …

[HTML][HTML] The cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation support delivered by mobile phone text messaging: Txt2stop

…, I Roberts, A Rodgers, R Whittaker, C Free - The European journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background The txt2stop trial has shown that mobile-phone-based smoking cessation
support doubles biochemically validated quitting at 6 months. This study examines the cost-…

[HTML][HTML] Developing and pretesting a text messaging program for health behavior change: recommended steps

LC Abroms, R Whittaker, C Free… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2015 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: A growing body of evidence demonstrates that text messaging-based programs
(short message service [SMS]) on mobile phones can help people modify health behaviors. …

Mobile phone‐based interventions for improving adherence to medication prescribed for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults

…, S Barnard, S Russell, P Perel, C Free - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of disability and mortality globally.
Premature fatal and non‐fatal CVD is considered to be largely preventable through the …