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Perceived mHealth barriers and benefits for home-based HIV testing and counseling and other care: Qualitative findings from health officials, community health workers, and persons living with HIV in South Africa

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  • van Heerden, Alastair
  • Harris, Danielle M.
  • van Rooyen, Heidi
  • Barnabas, Ruanne V.
  • Ramanathan, Nithya
  • Ngcobo, Nkosinathi
  • Mpiyakhe, Zukiswa
  • Comulada, W. Scott

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mHealth has been proposed to address inefficiencies in the current South African healthcare system, including home-based HIV testing and counseling (HTC) programs. Yet wide-scale adoption of mHealth has not occurred. Even as infrastructure barriers decrease, a need to better understand perceived adoption barriers by stakeholders remains.

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  • van Heerden, Alastair & Harris, Danielle M. & van Rooyen, Heidi & Barnabas, Ruanne V. & Ramanathan, Nithya & Ngcobo, Nkosinathi & Mpiyakhe, Zukiswa & Comulada, W. Scott, 2017. "Perceived mHealth barriers and benefits for home-based HIV testing and counseling and other care: Qualitative findings from health officials, community health workers, and persons living with HIV in S," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 97-105.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:183:y:2017:i:c:p:97-105
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.046
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