Improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy for youth living with HIV/AIDS: A pilot study using personalized, interactive, daily text message reminders

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-175

  Dowshen, Nadia ^a,b   Kuhns, Lisa M ^c,d   Johnson, Amy ^c   Holoyda, Brian James ^d   Garofalo, Robert ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Adolescents; HIV AIDS; Mobile health intervention; Short message service; SMS; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; REMINDER SYSTEM; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862014736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2015     Document Type: Article

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