Reaching patients and their partners through mobile: Text messaging for case management and partner notification

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-150

  Kachur, Rachel ^a   Adelson, Stephan ^b   Firenze, Kelly ^c   Herrera, Marcella ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Adelson Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; E-MAIL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; MOBILE PHONE; SEXUALITY; TELEPHONE;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CELLULAR PHONE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATE GOVERNMENT; SYPHILIS;

EID: 78751648237     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182036bab     Document Type: Letter

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