Mobile phones support adherence and retention of indigenous participants in a randomised controlled trial: Strategies and lessons learnt

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McCallum, Gabrielle B ^a   Versteegh, Lesley A ^a   Morris, Peter S ^a,b   McKay, Clare C ^a   Jacobsen, Nerida J ^c   White, Andrew V ^c   D'Antoine, Heather A ^a   Chang, Anne B ^a,d  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; ALRTI; Bronchiolitis; Indigenous; Mobile phones; Randomised controlled trial; SMS

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOBILE PHONE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHIOLITIS; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84902300317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-622     Document Type: Article

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