Accuracy of Health and Wellness Messages provided by ChaCha, The Mobile Answers Text Message Service

• Published in: Global journal of health education and promotion Vol. 13; no. 1
• Main Authors: Kadi Bliss, Lodyga, Marc, Bochantin, Shelley, Null, Dawn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wilmington Foundation for the Advancement of Health Education 01.01.2010
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Accuracy; College Students; Directories; Educational Practices; Electronic Equipment; Electronic Journals; Guidelines; Health education; Instructional Materials; Intelligence; Internet; Literature Reviews; Patient Education; Patients; Periodicals; Reference Materials; Search engines; Text messaging; Wellness

A relatively new mobile text message service, ChaCha, describes itself as a smart search engine powered by human intelligence. The service claims to provide high-quality, accurate information, yet there is no research published to date substantiating this claim. The purpose of this study was to asse...