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^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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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