Table 2.
Focus group themes.
| Theme | Number of comments (%) | ||
| Request information (n=20) | |||
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Cancer information | 6 (30) | |
| Low-cost/free health care services | 5 (25) | ||
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Transportation services | 2 (10) | |
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Miscellaneous | 7 (35) | |
| Text messaging |
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Facilitators for text messaging (n=18) | ||
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Alternate form of communication | 7 (39) |
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Quickness | 5 (28) |
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Personal | 3 (17) |
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Privacy | 3 (17) |
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Facilitators for text messaging to receive health information (n=16) | ||
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Dissemination of information | 6 (38) |
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Awareness | 4 (25) |
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Othera | 6 (38) |
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Barriers for text messaging (n=21) |
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Not knowing how to text | 6 (29) |
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Cost | 5 (24) |
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Confidentiality | 4 (19) |
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Otherb | 6 (29) |
aOther = prevention, communication, quickness, popular.
bOther = age, no reason to text, spam text messages, multiple messages.