The effect of weekly short message service communication on patient retention in care in the first year after HIV diagnosis: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (WelTel Retain)

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Van Der Kop, Mia L ^a,b   Ojakaa, David I ^c   Patel, Anik ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^d   Kinagwi, Koki ^c   Ekström, Anna Mia ^b   Smillie, Kirsten ^e   Karanja, Sarah ^f   Awiti, Patricia ^b   Mills, Edward ^g   Marra, Carlo ^a   Kyomuhangi, Lennie Bazira ^c   Lester, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^f WelTel International MHealth Society   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EID: 84878756649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003155     Document Type: Article

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