Text messaging to improve attendance at post-operative clinic visits after adult male circumcision for HIV prevention: a randomized controlled trial.

Text messaging to improve attendance at post-operative clinic visits after adult male circumcision for HIV prevention: a randomized controlled trial.

Following male circumcision for HIV prevention, a high proportion of men fail to return for their scheduled seven-day post-operative visit. We evaluated the effect of short message service (SMS) text messages on attendance at this important visit.We enrolled 1200 participants >18 years old in a t...

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Main Authors: Thomas A Odeny, Robert C Bailey, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Jane M Simoni, Kenneth A Tapia, Krista Yuhas, King K Holmes, R Scott McClelland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3434192?pdf=render

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