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Effects of a Short Message Service(SMS) Intervention on Reduction of HIV Risk Behaviours and Improving HIV Testing RatesAmong Populationslocated near Roadside Wellness Clinics: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
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Govender, Kaymarlin (författare)
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Beckett, Sean (författare)
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Masebo, Wilfred (författare)
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Braga, Carla (författare)
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Zambezi, Pemberai (författare)
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Manhique, Marcia (författare)
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George, Gavin (författare)
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- Durevall, Dick, 1954 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Centrum för globalisering och utveckling (GCGD),Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Gothenburg Centre for Globalization and Development (GCGD),Department of Economics
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- 2019-02-15
- 2019
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: AIDS and behavior. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1573-3254 .- 1090-7165. ; 23:11, s. 3119-3128
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Abstract
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- Short Message Service (SMS) offers an innovative method of promoting sexual health to key and vulnerable populations who are users of mobile phones and are at high risk of HIV infection. This cluster randomised control trial tests the effectiveness of a SMS intervention in reducing HIV risk behaviours and improving HIV testing behaviours among truck drivers, sex workers and community residents located near Roadside Wellness Clinics (RWCs)in three southern African countries. The SMS arm received 35 HIV risk reduction and HIV testing SMSs over a 6-month period. The SMS intervention had no significant impact on sexual risk behaviours. However, participants in the SMS arm were more likely to have tested for HIV in the previous 6 months (86.1% vs. 77.7%; AOR 1.71, 95% CI 1.11-2.66). The results indicate that the general SMS intervention, which provide health promoting information, improved HIV testing rates in key and vulnerable populations in southern Africa.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- AIDS
- ARV
- HIV
- SMS
- Truck drivers
- Sex workers
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