2wT for Post-operative (Post-op) Follow-Up

South Africa

  1. Su, Y., Mukora, R., Ndebele, F., Pienaar, J., Khumalo, C., Xu, X., Tweya, H., Sardini, M., Day, S., Sherr, K., Setswe, G., & Feldacker, C. (2023). Cost savings in male circumcision post-operative care using two-way text-based follow-up in rural and urban South Africa. PLOS ONE, 18(11), e0294449. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294449
  2. Pienaar, J., et al., ‘I understood the texting process well’. Participant perspectives on usability and acceptability of SMS-based telehealth follow-up after voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa. DIGITAL HEALTH, 2023. 9: p. 20552076231194924.
  3. Feldacker, C., et al., Expanding the Evidence on the Safety and Efficiency of 2-Way Text Messaging–Based Telehealth for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Follow-up Compared With In-Person Reviews: Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural and Urban South Africa. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023. 25: p. e42111.

Zimbabwe

  1. Marongwe, P., et al., Transitioning a digital health innovation from research to routine practice: Two-way texting for male circumcision follow-up in Zimbabwe. PLOS Digit Health, 2022. 1(6): p. e0000066.
  2. Feldacker, C., et al., Reducing Provider Workload While Preserving Patient Safety: A Randomized Control Trial Using 2-Way Texting for Postoperative Follow-up in Zimbabwe’s Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2020. 83(1): p. 16-23.
  3. Feldacker, C., et al., Usability and acceptability of a two-way texting intervention for post-operative follow-up for voluntary medical male circumcision in Zimbabwe. PLoS One, 2020. 15(6): p. e0233234.
  4. Babigumira, J.B., et al., Cost-effectiveness analysis of two-way texting for post-operative follow-up in Zimbabwe’s voluntary medical male circumcision program. PLoS One, 2020. 15(9): p. e0239915.
  5. Feldacker, C., et al., Reducing provider workload while preserving patient safety via a two-way texting intervention in Zimbabwe’s voluntary medical male circumcision program: study protocol for an un-blinded, prospective, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial. Trials, 2019. 20(1): p. 451.

2wT for Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Retention

Malawi

  1. Mureithi, M., et al., Centering healthcare workers in developing digital health interventions: usability and acceptability of a two-way texting retention intervention in a public HIV clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi. medRxiv, 2023: p. 2023.01.09.23284326.
  2. Huwa, J., et al., “It reminds me and motivates me”: Human-centered design and implementation of an interactive, SMS-based digital intervention to improve early retention on antiretroviral therapy: Usability and acceptability among new initiates in a high-volume, public clinic in Malawi. PLOS ONE, 2023. 18(7): p. e0278806.

Other Related Publications

Zimbabwe

  1. Vu, M., et al., Working toward sustainability: Transitioning HIV programs from a USA-based organization to a local partner in Zimbabwe. PLoS One, 2022. 17(11): p. e0276849.

 

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