Opinions and attitudes of participants in a randomized controlled trial examining the efficacy of SMS reminders to enhance antiretroviral adherence: a cross-sectional survey

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¹ *Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana †Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA ‡Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA §SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York, NY ‖Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA ¶Albert Einstein College of Medicine #Wharton Social Entrepreneurship, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA **Department of Statistics, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana ††Stony Brook University School of Medicine, New York, NY ‡‡Independence Surgery, Gaborone, Botswana §§Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA ‖‖The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Michael J A Reid et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014.

. 2014 Feb 1;65(2):e86-8.

doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182a9c72b.

¹ *Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana †Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA ‡Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA §SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York, NY ‖Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA ¶Albert Einstein College of Medicine #Wharton Social Entrepreneurship, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA **Department of Statistics, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana ††Stony Brook University School of Medicine, New York, NY ‡‡Independence Surgery, Gaborone, Botswana §§Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA ‖‖The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

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