Using no-cost mobile phone reminders to improve attendance for HIV test results: A pilot study in rural Swaziland

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kliner, Merav ^a   Knight, Abigail ^b   Mamvura, Canaan ^b   Wright, John ^c   Walley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Good Shepherd Hospital   (Swaziland)

^c BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Buzzing; HIV infections; MHealth; Mobile phone; Rural health; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV RAPID TEST; HIV TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SWAZILAND; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84904750125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-2-12     Document Type: Article

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