Vulnerabilities in mHealth implementation: A Ugandan HIV/AIDS SMS campaign

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 26-32

  Chib, Arul ^a   Wilkin, Holley ^b   Hoefman, Bas ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Text to Change   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HIV; MHealth; Mobile; SMS; Technology; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; TEXT MESSAGING; UGANDA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; TEXT MESSAGING; UGANDA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84878361604     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975912462419     Document Type: Article

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