Retention in an mHealth App Aiming to Promote the Use of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Female Sex Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Prospective Cohort Study.
Christopher Hariri MbotwaMethod Rwelengera KazauraKåre MoenMelkizedeck T LeshabariEmmy MettaElia John MmbagaPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2023)
Most female sex workers (206/284, 72.5%) who were enrolled in PrEP care in Tanzania no longer used the Jichunge app after 6 months. Retention in the app at 6 months was predicted by older age, high PrEP awareness, and financial difficulties due to health care spending. Strategies for the long-term retention of participants in mHealth apps, such as systems for reinstallations of apps, should be considered during the design phase.