Title: Impact of a mHealth intervention for peer health workers on AIDS care in rural Uganda : a mixed methods evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial

Authors: Chang, Larry W.

Place: Dordrecht [etc.]

Publisher: Springer

Year: 2011

Journal: AIDS and behavior

PAGE: --

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health personnel, rural health, aids, uganda

Abstract: A trial was conducted to evaluate the impact on AIDS care of a mHealth intervention among community-based peer health workers (PHW). PHWs used phones to call and text higher level providers with patient-specific clinical information. Challenges and improvements were analyzed (abstract only).

URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/m51g2497h4186230/

Document type: E-article