Short message service (SMS) interventions for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections: A systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lunny, Carole ^a,b   Taylor, Darlene ^a,b   Memetovic, Jasmina ^a,b   Wärje, Orion ^a   Lester, Richard ^a,b   Wong, Tom ^c   Ho, Kendall ^b,d   Gilbert, Mark ^a,b   Ogilvie, Gina ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell phones; chlamydia; gonorrhea; herpes simplex virus; HIV; hpapillomavirus; mobile health; Sexually transmitted infections; short message service; syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; TEXT MESSAGING;

HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84902278341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-7     Document Type: Article

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