Short message service (SMS)-based intervention to improve treatment adherence among HIV-positive youth in Uganda: focus group findings.

Short message service (SMS)-based intervention to improve treatment adherence among HIV-positive youth in Uganda: focus group findings.

This paper presents one of the first qualitative studies to discuss programmatic barriers to SMS-based interventions for HIV-positive youth and discusses pathways through which youth perceive them to work. We conducted six focus groups with 20 male and 19 female HIV-positive youths in two clinics in...

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Main Authors: Yashodhara Rana, Jessica Haberer, Haijing Huang, Andrew Kambugu, Barbara Mukasa, Harsha Thirumurthy, Peter Wabukala, Glenn J Wagner, Sebastian Linnemayr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4400100?pdf=render

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