Feasibility, Acceptability, and Potential Cost-Effectiveness of a Novel Mobile Phone Intervention to Promote Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Within Social Networks in Tanzania

Sex Transm Dis. 2022 Nov 1;49(11):778-781. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001611. Epub 2022 Jan 29.

Abstract

Among 145 individuals surveyed in Tanzania, 42% indicated willingness to test for human immunodeficiency virus in response to a confidential, phone-based text message. On average, participants were likely to provide contact information for 1.5 members of their social networks, suggesting high feasibility and moderate acceptability of a novel mHealth human immunodeficiency virus testing intervention.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02714140.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Cell Phone*
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Feasibility Studies
  • HIV
  • Humans
  • Social Networking
  • Tanzania / epidemiology
  • Text Messaging*

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02714140