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. 2018 Sep;32(9):349-359.
doi: 10.1089/apc.2017.0315.

Acceptability of Mobile Phone-Based Nurse-Delivered Counseling Intervention to Improve HIV Treatment Adherence and Self-Care Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Women in India

Mona Duggal  1   2 , Venkatesan Chakrapani  3 , Lauren Liberti  4 , Veena Satyanarayna  5 , Meiya Varghese  6 , Pushpendera Singh  2 , Mohini Ranganathan  7 , Prabha Chandra  7 , Nancy R Reynolds  4   8
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Acceptability of Mobile Phone-Based Nurse-Delivered Counseling Intervention to Improve HIV Treatment Adherence and Self-Care Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Women in India

Mona Duggal et al. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

We assessed the acceptability of nurse-delivered mobile phone-based counseling to support adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) and self-care behaviors among HIV-positive women in India. We conducted open-ended, in-depth interviews with 27 HIV-positive women and 19 key informants at a government ART center in Karnataka, India. Data were analyzed with interpretive techniques. About half of the HIV-positive women owned a mobile phone and many had access to mobile phones of their family members. Most women perceived phone-based counseling as a personalized care approach to get information on demand. Also, women felt that they could discuss mental health issues and ask sensitive information that they would hesitate to discuss face-to-face. Findings indicate that, when compared with text messaging, mobile phone-based counseling could be a more acceptable way to engage with women on ART, especially those with limited literacy. Future studies should focus on testing mobile phone-based information/counseling and adherence interventions that take the local context into account.

Keywords: HIV-positive women; India; antiretroviral treatment adherence; counseling; mobile phones.

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