From the article abstract: In Nigeria, access to malaria diagnostics may be expanded if drug retailers were allowed to administer malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs).

mFHAST Implication: Opportunity to use short message service (SMS) as reminder messages to boost treatment adherence to RDT.

From the article objective: "The main objective was to examine the short- and long-term effects of SMS text messaging on exercise frequency in older adults. Secondary objectives were to investigate how SMS text messages impact study participants’ exercise frequency and the effects of the intervention on secondary outcomes."

mFHAST Implication: Opportunity to use SMS to motivate older adults who do not exercise regularly to exercise.

From the article objective: "The objective of this study was to analyze the efficacy of flu surveillance from combining data from the websites Google Flu Trends and HealthTweets at the local level."

mFHAST Implications: Opportunity for using SMS as a means of gathering health surveillance data.

From the article objective: "To determine the usability and acceptability of SMS4BG among adults with poorly controlled diabetes."

mFHAST Implication: Opportunity to improve diabetes education, management, lifestyle factors (healthy eating, exercise, and stress management) and blood glucose monitoring reminders using SMS.

From the article objective: This study explored the acceptability and feasibility in a non treatment-seeking group of university students (including both risk and non risk drinkers), of a fully automated, push-based, multiple-session, alcohol intervention, comparing two modes of delivery by randomizing participants to receive the intervention either by SMS text messaging (short message service, SMS) or by email."

mFHAST Implication: Opportunity to use SMS as a health behavior intervention in college students who display unhealthy behaviors such as risky drinking.