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Ethical Questions in Medical Electronic Adherence Monitoring
(Journal of general internal medicine, 2015-09-10)
Electronic adherence monitors (EAMs) record and report an array of health behaviors, ranging from taking daily medications to wearing medical devices. EAMs are utilized in research worldwide and are being investigated for ...
Understanding Patterns of Social Support and Their Relationship to an ART Adherence Intervention Among Adults in Rural Southwestern Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2016-09-26)
Abstract SMS is a widely used technology globally and may also improve ART adherence, yet SMS notifications to social supporters following real-time detection of missed doses showed no clear benefit in a recent pilot trial. ...
Beyond HIV-serodiscordance: Partnership communication dynamics that affect engagement in safer conception care
(PLoS ONE, 2017-09-07)
Introduction
We explored acceptability and feasibility of safer conception methods among HIV-affected
couples in Uganda.
Methods
We recruited HIV-positive men and women on antiretroviral therapy (ART) (`index') from ...
Attenuated HIV-1 Nef But Not Vpu Function in a Cohort of Rwandan Long-Term Survivors
(Frontiers in virology, 2022)
HIV-1 accessory proteins Nef and Vpu enhance viral pathogenesis through partially overlapping immune evasion activities. Attenuated Nef or Vpu functions have been reported in individuals who display slower disease progression, ...
How Does Antiretroviral Treatment Attenuate the Stigma of HIV? Evidence from a Cohort Study in Rural Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2013)
Program implementers and qualitative researchers have described how increasing availability of
HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with improvements in psychosocial health and internalized stigma. To determine ...
Functionality and acceptability of a wireless fetal heart rate monitoring device in term pregnant women in rural Southwestern Uganda
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017)
Background: Over 3 million stillbirths occur annually in sub Saharan Africa; most occur intrapartum and are largely preventable. The standard of care for fetal heart rate (FHR) assessment in most sub-Saharan African settings ...
“The research assistants kept coming to follow me up; I counted myself as a lucky person”: Social support arising from a longitudinal HIV cohort study in Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2022-01-25)
Background: Participation in longitudinal research studies in resource-limited settings often involves frequent interactions with study staff and other participants, as well as receipt of incentives and transportation ...
Mobile Health Technologies May Be Acceptable Tools for Providing Social Support to Tuberculosis Patients in Rural Uganda: A Parallel Mixed-Method Study
(Hindawi, 2020-01-07)
Social support has been shown to mitigate social barriers to medication adherence and improve tuberculosis (TB)
treatment success rates. The use of mobile technology to activate social support systems among TB patients, ...
Short message service (SMS) reminders and real-time adherence monitoring improve antiretroviral therapy adherence in rural Uganda
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2016)
Objective: To explore the effects of four types of short message service (SMS) plus real time adherence monitoring on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence: daily reminders, weekly reminders, reminders triggered after a ...
Electronic Adherence Monitoring May Facilitate Intentional HIV Status Disclosure Among People Living with HIV in Rural Southwestern Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2021-01-02)
HIV status disclosure remains one of the major challenges to effective HIV prevention. Given the complexities and low rates of disclosure, new innovative strategies are needed. Since electronic adherence monitoring (EAM) ...