Text Messaging and Teen Sexual Health Behavior: Long-term Follow-up of a Cluster Randomized Trial.

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Author Affiliations: Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Denver (Dr Bull); Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver (Dr Devine); Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Denver (Dr Schmiege and Hammes); College of Nursing, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Denver (Dr Schmiege); Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, CO (Pickard); and Department of Family Medicine, Colorado School of Medicine, Denver; and Department of Public Health, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, CO (Dr Shlay).

Published: November 2017

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