Text Messages Sent to Household Tuberculosis Contacts in Kampala, Uganda: Process Evaluation.
Amanda J MeyerDiana BabiryeMari Armstrong-HoughDavid MarkIrene AyakakaAchilles KatambaJessica E HabererJohn Lucian DavisPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2018)
The fidelity of a one-time text message (SMS) intervention to increase the uptake of household tuberculosis contact investigation and linkage to care was extremely low, a fact only discoverable through detailed process evaluation. This study suggests the need for systematic process monitoring and reporting of implementation fidelity in both research studies and programmatic interventions using mobile communications to improve health.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- randomized controlled trial
- adverse drug
- quality improvement
- public health
- smoking cessation
- primary care
- palliative care
- hiv aids
- physical activity
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- genome wide
- emergency department
- gene expression
- health information
- risk assessment
- dna methylation
- hiv testing
- hepatitis c virus