Title of Collaborative Activity: |
Text4baby |
Description of Collaborative Activity: |
Free health text messaging service for pregnant women and new mothers. Those who text "BABY" (or “BEBE” for Spanish) to 511411 receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby's birth date through the baby’s first year. Messages, which have been vetted by both government and non-profit health experts, deal with topics such as nutrition, immunization, birth defect prevention, and oral health. |
Type of Collaborative Activity: |
Public Education Campaign
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Year the Collaborative Activity Originated: |
2010 |
NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director: |
NICHD, NIDA, NIDCR, NIDDK |
HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity: |
ACF, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HRSA, IHS, SAMHSA |
