Comparison of a user-centered design, self-management app to existing mhealth apps for persons living with HIV

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Schnall, Rebecca ^d   Mosley, Jocelyn Patterson ^b   Iribarren, Sarah J ^a   Bakken, Suzanne ^a   Carballo Diéguez, Alex ^c   Brown, William ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*

Author keywords

HIV; MHealth; Mobile apps; User centered design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011889567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4882     Document Type: Article

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