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

Jan Ostermann; Bernard Njau; Martha Masaki; Tara Mtuy; Dafrosa Itemba; Amy Hobbie; Valerie Yelverton; Spencer Moore; Thespina Yamanis; Nathan M. Thielman

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001611

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

Jan Ostermann, Bernard Njau, Martha Masaki, Tara Mtuy, Dafrosa Itemba, Amy Hobbie, Valerie Yelverton, Spencer Moore, Thespina Yamanis, Nathan M. Thielman^*

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	778-781
Journal	Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Volume	49
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001611
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022

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Ostermann, J., Njau, B., Masaki, M., Mtuy, T., Itemba, D., Hobbie, A., Yelverton, V., Moore, S., Yamanis, T., & Thielman, N. M. (2022). Feasibility, Acceptability, and Potential Cost-Effectiveness of a Novel Mobile Phone Intervention to Promote Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Within Social Networks in Tanzania. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 49(11), 778-781. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001611

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Feasibility, Acceptability, and Potential Cost-Effectiveness of a Novel Mobile Phone Intervention to Promote Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Within Social Networks in Tanzania. / Ostermann, Jan; Njau, Bernard; Masaki, Martha et al.
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