Designing a mobile phone-based intervention to promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy in South India

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 716-720

  Shet, Anita ^a   Arumugam, Karthika ^a   Rodrigues, Rashmi ^a   Rajagopalan, Nirmala ^c   Shubha, K ^a   Raj, Tony ^a   D'Souza, George ^a   De Costa, Ayesha ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Freedom Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Adherence; Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMINDER SYSTEM; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77956870637     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9658-3     Document Type: Article

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