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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 3/2014

Open Access 01-05-2014 | ePoster presentation

Feasibility of a Short Message Service based intervention to improve adherence among HIV-positive youth in Uganda: a focus group study

Authors: Yashodhara Rana, Barbara Mukasa, Andrew Kambugu, Peter Wabukala, Crystal Huang, Glenn J Wagner, Sebastian Linnemayr

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Special Issue 3/2014

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More than half of those newly infected with HIV are young people yet youths have lower medication adherence than adults. Short message service (SMS) based interventions have demonstrated their effectiveness in improving adherence among adults in resource limited settings, but their efficacy with youths has not been studied. This study is one of the first qualitative studies to explore youths view on strategies for best implementing SMS based interventions. …
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Title
Feasibility of a Short Message Service based intervention to improve adherence among HIV-positive youth in Uganda: a focus group study
Authors
Yashodhara Rana
Barbara Mukasa
Andrew Kambugu
Peter Wabukala
Crystal Huang
Glenn J Wagner
Sebastian Linnemayr
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue Special Issue 3/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-S3-E45

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