Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8572581 | Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care | 2018 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Key challenges in providing lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) to pregnant and breastfeeding women (Option B+) in sub-Saharan Africa include achieving long-term adherence and retention in care. One intervention that may help address these challenges is mobile text messaging. We evaluated the acceptability of a text messaging intervention to support women's ART adherence and retention in care in rural western Kenya. Forty in-depth interviews with 20 pregnant/postpartum women infected with HIV, their male partners, and four focus groups with 30 health care providers were conducted during September-November 2014. Data were coded and analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings revealed the following themes: (a) overall acceptability of the text messaging intervention; (b) proposed content of text messages; (c) format, timing, and language of text messages; and (d) potential challenges of the text messaging intervention. Findings were used to refine a text messaging intervention being evaluated at Kenyan study sites rolling out Option B+.
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Authors
Pamela MPH, PharmD, C. Ann PhD, RN, Lisa L. MD, MSc, Eliud BScN, Elizabeth MBChB, MMed, MPH, PhD, Anna MPH, MA, MBA, Wafula Z. MBChB, Mariciannah MBChB, MSc, Sydney A. PhD, MSN, CNM, Iris BScN, Janet M. PhD, MPH,