The Effectiveness of Text Messaging for Detection and Management of Hypertension in Indigenous People in Canada: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Karen Yeates   ¹ , MD ;   Norm Campbell   ² , MD ;   Marion A Maar   ³ , PhD ;   Nancy Perkins   ⁴ , RN ;   Peter Liu   ⁵ , MD ;   Jessica Sleeth   ¹ , MPH ;   Carter Smith   ⁶ ;   Colin McAllister   ⁷ , PEng ;   Diane Hua-Stewart   ⁴ , MPH ;   George Wells   ⁵ , PhD ;   Sheldon W Tobe   ^{3, 4} , MScCH, MD

¹ Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

² Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

³ Faculty of Medicine, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON, Canada

⁴ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Biology & Psychology SSP, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

⁷ Perspect Management Consulting, Regina, SK, Canada