Enhancing retention of an internet-based cohort study of men who have sex with men (MSM) via text messaging: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Khosropour, Christine M ^a,b   Johnson, Brent A ^b   Ricca, Alexandra V ^b   Sullivan, Patrick S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV infections prevention and control; Homosexuality; Internet organization and administration; Male statistics and numerical data; Prospective studies; SMS text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS/PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET/ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MALE/STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMS TEXT MESSAGING; TEXT MESSAGING;

HIV INFECTIONS/PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERNET/ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; MALE/STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMS TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84883379432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2756     Document Type: Article

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