Mobile health treatment support intervention for HIV and tuberculosis in Mozambique: Perspectives of patients and healthcare workers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Nhavoto, José António ^a,b   Grönlund, Åke ^a   Klein, Gunnar O ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE HEALTH; MOBILE PHONE; MOTIVATION; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE; TEXT MESSAGING; TUBERCULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85017624472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176051     Document Type: Article

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