Mobile Short Message Service Research Articles

A Review of Research on Mobile-Assisted Vocabulary Learning

More academics are concentrating on the topic of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) on account of the advancement of mobile technology and the widespread use of mobile electronics in modern culture, and mobile-assisted vocabulary learning (MAVL) as a hot topic in MALL has attracted a large number of scholars. The study reviews some representative literatures during 2010-2023, including the impact of using mobile Short Message Service (SMS)/Multimedia Message Service (MMS) on Second Language (L2) word learning and the effectiveness of using mobile learning applications. Moreover, this study analyses the research methods used by previous researchers and summarises the results of the studies, finding that most of the experiments focused on vocabulary enhancement and retention, the effect on motivation, and learners perceptions and satisfaction. The results of many studies show that MAVL as a learning approach is better than the traditional vocabulary learning approach. Also, researches on MAVL has many pedagogical impacts on teaching of second and foreign languages in the future. However, researches have also shown that MAVL has some drawbacks that will hopefully be addressed in the future.

Healthcare professionals’ intention to adopt mobile phone-based SMS and its predictors for adherence support and care of TB patients in a resource-limited setting: a structural equation modelling analysis

ObjectiveTo assess healthcare providers’ intentions and the associated factors to use mobile phone-based short message service (SMS) to support adherence and care of tuberculosis (TB) patients in the Oromia region...

Internet-Based Self-Care Monitoring Among Diabetes Mellitus Patients During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Scoping Review

The COVID-19 pandemic affects blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM). Internet-based interventions show great potential in type 2 DM patients care. The aim of the study is to identify internet-based self-care monitoring interventions in type 2 DM patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a systematic scoping review of PubMed, CINAHL, SAGE Journals, and ScienceDirect spanning 2019-2022, full-text articles, and randomized controlled trials. Study quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) appraisal tool. Overall, 12 studies revealed that the internet was effectively used for self-care monitoring in type 2 DM patients during the COVID-19 pandemic such as to monitor blood sugar, diet, physical activity, drug use, problem solving, and dealing with stress, including mobile health (applications), web, telephone, and SMS (Short Message Service). Our finding highlights internet-based self-care monitoring can be a model of nursing intervention to prevent and increase the quality of life in DM patients.

Review of Smishing Detection Via Machine Learning

Smishing is a cybercriminal attack targeting mobile Short Message Service (SMS) devices that contains a malicious link, phone number, or email. The attacker intends to use this message to steal the victim's sensitive information, such as passwords, bank account details, and credit cards. One method of combating smishing is to raise awareness and educate users about the various tactics used by SMS phishers. But even so, this method has been criticized for becoming inefficient because smishing tactics are continually evolving. A more promising anti-smishing method is to use machine learning. This paper introduces a number of machine learning algorithms that can be used for detecting smishing. Furthermore, the differences and similarities among them as well as the pros and cons of each are presented to support future research into more effective anti-smishing solutions for securing mobile devices from cyber criminals.

Survey the Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Mobile Short Message Service (SMS) on Self-Care in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Referring to the Diabetes Clinic in Khorram Abad City

Background: The highlighting of possible risk factors for urinary colonization in patients with obstructive urolithiasis that needed double J catheters implanted to preserve renal function. Methods: We performed a descriptive, retrospective study, carried out in the Urology Department of the Bucharest Central Military Hospital, between January 2020 and January 2022 and included 168 patients with urolithiasis who required the insertion of double J catheters. We studied the bacteriological profile, using both urine and JJ catheter samples. Results: We obtained a double J catheter colonization rate of 32% (54 patients) and 29% of urinary colonization (49 patients). The rate of urinary colonization is higher in patients with colonized ureteral catheters regardless of sex, age, and associated comorbidities. At the same time, we noticed an increased rate of urinary colonization in patients associated with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease. Conclusions: The prevalence of urinary colonization in patients with double J catheters was 29%. The colonization of the JJ catheters, as well as the association with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, and CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease), show an increased risk of urinary colonization.

A comparative analysis of recurrent neural network and support vector machine for binary classification of spam short message service

Over the years, communication through Short Message Service (SMS) has been a primary tool for mobile subscribers. SMS has varied applications in health, industry, finances, education and social networking among others. The growth of mobile devices and SMS usage has consequently increased the attack surface for cyber-criminals culminating to the proliferation of malicious activities introduced using SMS spam, phishing, spyware, malware etc. Ham messages are normal messages people trade with one another and are usually not unwanted by the recipient, while spam messages are unsolicited junk and redundant messages that may be sent to a large number of people at once and are usually unwanted. Various spam detection models have been developed using various traditional machine and deep learning techniques. However, most studies where comparison between deep and traditional machine learning algorithms is done, have unfortunately omitted K-Nearest Neighbors and Support Vector Machine (SVM) which are empirically deemed as the most popular traditional machine learning algorithms. In this study, therefore, we develop a deep learning model based on Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) for Spam and Ham SMS classification and compare its performance against SVM model for the same University of California (UCl) SMS dataset. The results show that RNN has a slightly higher training and validation accuracy of 0.98 compared to SVM at 0.94, however, the false positive rate of SVM is marginally lower. Exploring application of deep learning with better optimization algorithms such as RNN improves accuracy, reduces computational complexities i.e. memory consumption and speed, and thus minimizing false positive rates. For future work, we suggest the use of varied performance metrics to validate the model in a distributed dataset environment.

"Survey the Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Mobile Short Message Service (SMS) on Self-Care in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Referring to the Diabetes Clinic in Khorram Abad City "

"Introduction: Self-care behaviors are very important to control type 2 diabetes. The current study was conducted aiming at determining the effect of the educational intervention based on mobile short message service on the self-care behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes in Khorram Abad. Methods: This study was a semi-experimental study on 191 patients with type 2 diabetes (45case and 45 controls). Data collection tools included a demographic information form, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Self-Care Scale, and Self-Efficacy Scale. Three to four educational messages were sent daily through mobile phones as an educational intervention. Data were analyzed with SPSS V24 at a significance level of 0.05. Findings: The data analysis indicated that the average score of self-care, self-efficacy, and blood sugar was significantly higher in the case group than in the control group before and after the intervention (P<0.001). However, in terms of the physical activity variable, this relationship was not statistically significant in the case and control groups. Conclusion: Educational interventions to empower diabetic patients by strengthening their self-care can be an effective way to improve the health of diabetic patients. Therefore, it is suggested to use patient empowerment programs, especially with a self-care approach, to improve the health of patients. "

Classifying Message Application Using Kotlin

Over the past few years, short message service (SMS) usage has significantly increased. This service is used to deliver text messages by billions of people. Service providers have launched a number of popular applications, including mobile banking, summons checkpoints, SMS chat, and others. This chapter explores the numerous SMS applications that are available to users and provides an outline of how this service is provided. We examine the causes of its success and the problems that need to be solved. We also look at upcoming trends and the difficulties that to improve this service, certain obstacles must be overcome. This chapter should help you understand how SMS applications work and what to expect from them going forwards given the improvements to current SMS and technological advancement. We propose a privacy-preserving Naive Bayes classifier and apply it to the problem of private text classification. In this setting, a party (Alice) holds a text message, while another party (Bob) holds a classifier. At the end of the protocol, Alice will only learn the result of the classifier applied to her text input and Bob learns nothing. Our solution is based on Secure Multiparty Computation (SMC). Our Rust implementation provides a fast and secure solution for the classification of unstructured text. Applying our solution to the case of spam detection (the solution is generic, and can be used in any other scenario in which the Naive Bayes classifier can be employed), we can classify an SMS as spam or ham in less than 340 ms in the case where the dictionary size of Bob’s model includes all words (n 5200) and Alice’s SMS has at most m 160 unigrams. In the case with n 369 and m 8 (the average of a spam SMS in the database), our solution takes only 21 ms.

Mobile-phone text messaging to promote ideal cardiovascular health in women

ObjectiveIdeal cardiovascular health (CVH) was developed to promote CVH as a key component of primordial prevention. Mobile short message service (SMS) is useful for improving health behaviours. We aim to...

Effect Of Cellular Phone SMS As Health Education Media About HIV And AIDS On Health Service Search Behavior Of Women Sex Workers

Abstract Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks white blood cells (lymphocytes) that cause the decline of human immune. High risk groups such as Female Sex Workers (FSWs) tend not to access health services because of the decrimination they face in society. Health promotion is still an important strategy in increasing self-awareness of FSWs to perform Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) examination, one of them is through the utilization of cellular phone technology. This study aims to determine the effect of cell phone Short Message Service (SMS) as a media health education about HIV and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) to health seeking behavior of FSWs. Pre-experimental design one group pre-test pos-ttest design was conducted at 33 FSWs at Terminal Pesiapan, Tabanan District. The results of pre-test and post-test showed an influence on behavior (knowledge, attitude and action) after SMS based health promotion intervention (p <0,05), knowledge (p = 0,039), attitude (p = 0,003), and action (p = 0,000). After the intervention there was an increase in behavior that is on knowledge 30,3%, 36,4% attitude and 63,6% action. Mobile phone SMS media proves to be effective in conveying health information so as to raise awareness of FSWs in conducting HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). An innovative, short, easy-to-understand message on HIV and AIDS should be provided with simple language and regular use of cellular-based information technology by healthcare workers.
 Keywords: Behavior, FSWs, Health Education, Mobile Phone SMS

Effects of a short message service (SMS) by cellular phone to improve compliance with fasting guidelines in patients undergoing elective surgery: a retrospective observational study

BackgroundContemporary perioperative fasting guidelines aim to alleviate patient discomfort before surgery and enhance postoperative recovery whilst seeking to reduce the risk of pulmonary aspiration during anesthesia. The impact of a short message service (SMS) reminder on fasting guideline compliance is unknown. Therefore, we performed a retrospective observational study and quality improvement project aiming to quantify the extent of excessive and prolonged fasting, and then assessed the impact of a SMS reminder in reducing fasting times.MethodsAfter ethics committee approval we performed a retrospective observational study investigating preoperative fasting times of adult patients undergoing elective surgery. First, we assessed whether the fasting guideline times were adhered to (Standard Care group). All patients received internationally recommended fasting guidelines in the form of a written hospital policy document. We then implemented an additional prompt via a mobile phone SMS 1 day prior to surgery containing a reminder of fasting guideline times (SMS group). The primary aims were to compare fasting times between the Standard Care group and the SMS group.ResultsThe fasting times of 160 patients in the Standard Care group and 110 patients in the SMS group were evaluated. Adherence to the fasting guidelines for solids occurred in 14 patients (8.8%) in the Standard Care group vs. Twenty-two patients (13.6%) in the SMS group (p=0.01). Adherence to the fasting guidelines for fluids occurred in 4 patients (2.5%) in the Standard Care group vs. Ten patients (6.3%) in the SMS group (p=0.023). Patients in the Standard Care group had a longer median (inter-quartile range (IQR)) fasting time for fluids compared the SMS group [6.5 h (IQR 4.5:11) vs 3.5 h (IQR 3:8.5), p< 0.0001]. Median fasting times for solids were 11 h (IQR 7:14) in the Standard Care group and 11.5 h (IQR 7:13.5) in the SMS group (p=0.756).ConclusionAdherence to internationally recommended fasting guidelines for patients undergoing elective surgery is poor. The introduction of a fasting guideline reminder via a mobile phone SMS in addition to a written hospital policy improved adherence to fasting advice and reduced the fasting times for fluids but not for solids. The use of an SMS reminder of fasting guidelines is a simple, feasible, low-cost, and effective tool in minimising excessive fasting for fluids among elective surgical patients.Trial registrationACTRN12619001232123 (Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry). Registered 6th September 2019 (retrospectively registered).

Geographical variation in mobile phone ownership and SMS literacy among women (age 15–49) in India: A cross-sectional analysis based on National Family Health Survey-4

In India, studies on mobile phone ownership and digital literacy have focused on the gender dimension, perspectives of women and men towards mobile phone use, and socio-economic determinants of ownership. There are no studies with a large sample size that present the variation in mobile phone ownership and ability to read short message services (SMS) message among women across different geographic levels. We use multilevel models to estimate the contribution of geographic levels in explaining the variation in mobile phone ownership and SMS literacy. The data from the fourth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) which collected information on health and nutrition indicators was used for our analysis. 122,351 women were interviewed about mobile phone ownership and SMS literacy. Information on mobile phone ownership and ability to read text messages were used to create the dependent variables. The independent variables included women's education, age, religion, social class, wealth quintile and place of residence. Two and four level variants of a multilevel model, with individuals (level-1) nested within primary sampling unit (level 2), districts (level 3) and States (level 4), were used to estimate the probability of mobile phone ownership and ability to read text message. The results from multilevel model and variance partition analysis indicate that contribution of State and primary sampling unit towards explaining variation in mobile phone ownership and ability to read text message is greater than the districts. The variance estimates are sensitive to the number of levels included in the multilevel model, so relying on estimates obtained for a particular level could lead to a bias. Our findings suggest that understanding the magnitude of inequalities at different geographic levels should be warranted more attention before tackling the socio-economic factors. State estimates should be supplemented with information available for lower geographic levels. It is important to identify the geographical clusters with high and low coverage of mobile ownership and ability to read text messages before implementing mhealth interventions.

The Double-Edged Effects of E-Commerce Cart Retargeting: Does Retargeting Too Early Backfire?

Consumers often abandon e-commerce carts, so companies are shifting their online advertising budgets to immediate e-commerce cart retargeting (ECR). They presume that early reminder ads, relative to late ones, generate more click-throughs and web revisits. The authors develop a conceptual framework of the double-edged effects of ECR ads and empirically support it with a multistudy, multisetting design. Study 1 involves two field experiments on over 40,500 customers who are randomized to either receive an ECR ad via email and app channels (treatment) or not receive it (control) across different hourly blocks after cart abandonment. The authors find that customers who received an early ECR ad within 30 minutes to one hour after cart abandonment are less likely to make a purchase compared with the control. These findings reveal a causal negative incremental impact of immediate retargeting. In other words, delivering ECR ads too early can engender worse purchase rates than without delivering them, thus wasting online advertising budgets. By contrast, a late ECR ad received one to three days after cart abandonment has a positive incremental impact on customer purchases. In Study 2, another field experiment on 23,900 customers not only replicates the double-edged impact of ECR ads delivered by mobile short message service but also explores cart characteristics that amplify both the negative impact of early ECR ads and positive impact of late ECR ads. These findings offer novel insights into customer responses to online retargeted ads for researchers and managers alike.

Effectiveness of mobile short message service intervention to increase parental socio-demographic knowledge of drowning prevention in Bangladesh

Background: Drowning is the third leading cause of death for children aged 0–4 years in many Asian countries, and is a serious but neglected health problem in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) like Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, drowning rates are 10 to 20 times more than those in other developed countries. The aim of this study is the efficiency of mobile SMS intervention for increasing parental socio-demographic knowledge of drowning prevention in Bangladesh.Methods: A cluster randomized community trial with 788 parents of children aged under five in a rural community of Bangladesh. The intervention was the mobile short message service (SMS) for parents of children under five years concerning the prevention of drowning. The main outcome of this study was the differences in knowledge of parents with socio-demographic factors concerning the prevention of drowning between the baseline and immediate follow-up after the intervention, and after three months.Results: There was a significant improvement in knowledge in the intervention group compared to the control group at different time points. There is a significant association with parental age, education, gender, and income and to improve childhood drowning prevention knowledge of parents to compare control group of parents.Conclusions: Special programmes and training could be increase knowledge about childhood drowning prevention in Bangladesh and should be broadcast on the radio and television networks.

Effectiveness of mobile SMS based counselling intervention in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of HIV/AIDS patients enrolled in hospitals/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia: a mixed mode study protocol

BackgroundHIV/AIDS is one of the most serious problems in many parts of the world, and is a high priority for health managers and decision-makers. The aim of the qualitative part of this study will be to develop a mobile SMS (short messaging services) counselling intervention to prevent HIV/AIDS, while the quantitative part will be to test the effectiveness of a mobile SMS counselling intervention to improve the knowledge, attitude, and practices of patients concerning the prevention of HIV/AIDS.MethodA mixed methods approach will be used. Qualitative part: Design: focus group discussions (FGDs) will be conducted. Setting: Hospital/NGOs in Terengganu, Malaysia. Participants: Three FGDs will be conducted with male and female HIV/AIDS patients, and one group of local community leaders. One FGD will be conducted for each group. Three in-depth interviews (IDIs) will be conducted with patients who had HIV/AIDS, of which one will be female. Quantitative part: Design: a cluster randomized clinical trial with 384 HIV/AIDS patients in Terengganu, Malaysia. Intervention: Mobile SMS counselling intervention for patients concerning the prevention of HIV/AIDS.ResultsThe main outcomes of this study will be the differences in knowledge, attitude, and practices of patients concerning the prevention of HIV/AIDS between the baseline and immediate follow-up after the intervention, and after 3 months.ConclusionsThe mobile based SMS counselling intervention developed will be effective in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of patients concerning HIV/AIDS prevention in Terengganu, Malaysia.Trial registrationThai Clinical Trials Registry, TCTR20200212001; 7/02/2020.

Impacts and Challenges of ICT Based Scale-up Campaigns: Lessons Learnt from the Use of SMS to Support Maize Farmers in the UPTAKE Project, Tanzania

Providing smallholder farmers with support through conventional government extension approaches is challenging as the number of extension agents is decreasing. At the same time, new information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as short message services (SMS) sent via mobile phones, show considerable promise to complement existing extension services. In the UP-scaling Technology in Agriculture through Knowledge and Extension (UPTAKE) Project, ICTs were used to create awareness and increase uptake and adoption of agricultural innovations by maize farmers in Tanzania. Two SMS-based maize campaigns were implemented during the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 cropping seasons in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. Prior to the start of the campaigns, formative research to determine maize production knowledge, practices and challenges was conducted in Mbeya and Songwe Region. After the campaign a telephone survey, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. During the campaign, about 3.8 million SMS were disseminated to over 55,000 farmers. 73% were male, 19% owned smart phones and 86% farmed maize on up to 1.2 hectares of land. Farmers reported maize production challenges as: unreliable markets, inadequate extension services, pest outbreaks and lack of knowledge to identify counterfeit inputs particularly seeds and fertilizers. The UPTAKE mobile SMS campaign was a new approach to agricultural extension in this area. A telephone survey amongst a sample of farmers who received the SMS revealed that 53% of respondents considered that this was now their preferred as a source of information compared to traditional sources including neighbours and family members, demonstration plots, agricultural extension workers and radios. Key lessons learnt relate to management of databases of farmer contacts, importance of participatory processes in developing content and designing SMS campaigns, and the need for flexibility and promptness in responding to emerging threats such as delayed rains and outbreaks of pests. Good practices like buy in and authorizations from the government administrative structures and compliance with country’s regulations on communication are integral to the success of ICT projects.

A pragmatic and scalable strategy using mobile technology to promote sustained lifestyle changes to prevent type 2 diabetes in India and the UK: a randomised controlled trial

Aims/hypothesisThis randomised controlled trial was performed in India and the UK in people with prediabetes to study whether mobile phone short message service (SMS) text messages can be used to motivate and educate people to follow lifestyle modifications, to prevent type 2 diabetes.MethodsThe study was performed in people with prediabetes (n = 2062; control: n = 1031; intervention: n = 1031) defined by HbA1c ≥42 and ≤47 mmol/mol (≥6.0% and ≤6.4%). Participants were recruited from public and private sector organisations in India (men and women aged 35–55 years) and by the National Health Service (NHS) Health Checks programme in the UK (aged 40–74 years without pre-existing diabetes, cardiovascular disease or kidney disease). Allocation to the study groups was performed using a computer-generated sequence (1:1) in India and by stratified randomisation in permuted blocks in the UK. Investigators in both countries remained blinded throughout the study period. All participants received advice on a healthy lifestyle at baseline. The intervention group in addition received supportive text messages using mobile phone SMS messages 2–3 times per week. Participants were assessed at baseline and at 6, 12 and 24 months. The primary outcome was conversion to type 2 diabetes and secondary outcomes included anthropometry, biochemistry, dietary and physical activity changes, blood pressure and quality of life.ResultsAt the 2 year follow-up (n = 2062; control: n = 1031; intervention: n = 1031), in the intention-to-treat population the HR for development of type 2 diabetes calculated using a discrete-time proportional hazards model was 0.89 (95% CI 0.74, 1.07; p = 0.22). There were no significant differences in the secondary outcomes.Conclusions/interpretationThis trial in two countries with varied ethnic and cultural backgrounds showed no significant reduction in the progression to diabetes in 2 years by lifestyle modification using SMS messaging.Trial registrationThe primary study was registered on www.ClinicalTrials.gov (India, NCT01570946; UK, NCT01795833).FundingThe study was funded jointly by the Indian Council for Medical Research and the UK Medical Research Council.

Design and Implementation of End to End Encrypted Short Message Service (SMS) Using Hybrid Cipher Algorithm

The study on design and implementation of end to end encrypted Short Message Service (SMS) using hybrid cipher algorithm is motivated by high rate of insecurity of data observed during Short Message Service (SMS) on Mobile devices. SMS messages are one of the popular ways of communication. The aim therefore is to design a software for end to end encryption short message service (SMS) that can conceal message while on transit to another mobile device using Hybrid Cipher Algorithm on Android Operating System and implement it for security of mobile SMS. Hybrid encryption incorporates a combination of asymmetric and symmetric encryption to benefit from the strengths of each form of encryption. Various encryption algorithms have been discussed. Secondary sources were employed in gathering useful data. In this research work three methodologies are employed—Structured System Analysis Design Methodology (SSADM), Object Oriented Analysis Design Methodology (OOADM) and prototyping. With the help of the three cryptographic algorithms employed—Message digest 5 (MD5), Blowfish and Rivest-Shamir Adleman (RSA); integrity, confidentiality, authentication and security of messages were achieved. The messages encrypted by developed application are also resistant to brute force attack. The implementing programs were coded in Java.

Mobile SMS: A tool for management of diabetes via patients-relative’s knowledge and belief

Aim/backgroundTo assess the effectiveness of mobile SMS as a tool for behavior and life style modification in management of diabetes. MethodsThis interventional study was conducted from July 2014 to April 2015 at Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology (BIDE). Demographical and clinical information of subjects (patients and relatives) along with their knowledge and beliefs regarding diabetes was recorded using questionnaire. In Short Message Service (SMS) and non-SMS groups, education regarding diabetes was given. Two messages per day were sent to SMS group for two months. ResultsTotal 648 subjects, SMS (n = 376) and non-SMS (n = 276) groups, were included in study. Mean age of patients and relatives was 45.41 ± 15.13 and 34.58 ± 11.91 in SMS group, while 47.06 ± 14.83 and 31.02 ± 11.51 in non-SMS group, respectively. No significant difference regarding level of knowledge and beliefs among both groups was observed at baseline. After SMS intervention, level of knowledge (p ≤ 0.0001) and beliefs (p ≤ 0.0001) were found to be significantly higher in SMS groups Non-SMS group. ConclusionMobile SMS are an effective tool to deliver behavior and lifestyle modification advice and support for better management of diabetes and its prevention in people who are at high risk. Education intervention through SMS is found to be an important variable which enhances the knowledge and beliefs of the subjects.

The addition of mobile SMS effectively improves dengue prevention practices in community: an implementation study in Nepal

BackgroundDengue is an emerging vector disease with frequent outbreaks in Nepal that pose a major threat to public health. Dengue control activities are mostly outbreak driven, and still lack systematic interventions while most people have poor health-related knowledge and practices. Mobile Short Message Service (SMS) represents a low-cost health promotion intervention that can enhance the dengue prevention knowledge and practices of the affected communities. This study aimed to explore the acceptability, appropriateness, and effectiveness of mobile SMS intervention in improving dengue control practices.MethodsThis study was an implementation research that used mixed-methods design with intervention. A total of 300 households were divided into three groups, i.e. one control group, one dengue prevention leaflet (DPL) only intervention group and one DPL with mobile SMS intervention group (DPL + SMS). We used a structured questionnaire to collect information regarding participants’ knowledge and practice of dengue prevention. We conducted in-depth interviews with key informants to measure acceptability and appropriateness of intervention. Mean difference with standard deviation (SD), one-way ANOVA, paired t-test and regression analyses were used to assess the effectiveness of the interventions. Thematic analysis was used to assess the acceptability, and appropriateness as well as barriers and enablers of the intervention.ResultsThe DPL + SMS intervention produced significantly higher mean knowledge difference (32.7 ± 13.7 SD vs. 13.3 ± 8.8 SD) and mean practice difference (27.9 ± 11.4 SD vs 4.9 ± 5.4 SD) compared to the DPL only group (p = 0.000). Multivariate analysis showed that the DPL + SMS intervention was effective to increase knowledge by 28.6 points and practice by 28.1 points compared to the control group. The intervention was perceived as acceptable and appropriate by the study participants and key stakeholders. Perceived barriers included reaching private network users and poor network in geographically remote areas, while enabling factors included mobile phone penetration, low cost, and shared responsibility.ConclusionsMobile SMS is an effective, acceptable and appropriate health intervention to improve dengue prevention practices in communities. This intervention can be adopted as a promising tool for health education against dengue and other diseases.