Behavioral Predictors of Intention to Use a Text Messaging Reminder System Among People Living With HIV in Rural Uganda: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The expansion of cellular phones in sub-Saharan Africa spurred the development of SMS text message-based mobile health (mHealth) technology. Numerous SMS text message-based interventions have attempted to increase retention in care for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Many of these interventions have failed to scale. Understanding theory-grounded factors leading to mHealth acceptability is needed to create scalable, contextually appropriate, and user-focused interventions to improve longitudinal HIV care for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

Objective

In this study, we aimed to understand the relationship between constructs from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), constructs identified in previous qualitative re

SUBMITTER: Campbell JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10199388 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature