Mobile Phone Text Messaging: Tool for Malaria Control in Africa

Zurovac, Dejan; Talisuna, Ambrose O.; Snow, Robert W.

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001176

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Mobile Phone Text Messaging: Tool for Malaria Control in Africa

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Zurovac, Dejan, Talisuna, Ambrose O., Snow, Robert W.·2012·PLoS Medicine

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Technology could be seen as a way to protect confidentiality, as illustrated by the study on mobile phone interviews enabling HIV-infected parturients to maintain privacy and reduce the feeling of being observed.
“In some cases, technology could be seen as a way to protect confidentiality, as illustrated by the study on the use of mobile phone interviews that enable HIV-infected parturients to maintain their privacy and reduce the feeling of being observed in face-to-face consultations (39).”
From A mixed methods systematic review of success factors of mhealth and telehealth for maternal health in Sub-Saharan Africa (2017) · cites this paper as [39]
The ‘Malaria and Narrowing the Communication Gap in Africa’ section (page unavailable) discusses SMS for malaria control, not mobile-phone interviews with HIV-infected parturients. Searches for privacy, confidentiality, and those interviews found no passage addressing the claimed benefit over face-to-face consultations. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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Seven randomized controlled trials testing effects of SMS communication on various health outcomes reported positive effects.
“For the seven randomised controlled trials testing effects of SMS communication on various health outcomes had reported positive effects [16, 20, 32, 33, 44–49], while the remaining trial showed no effect of mobile alarm devices on treatment adherence for HIV patients [15].”
From Assessing the feasibility of eHealth and mHealth: a systematic review and analysis of initiatives implemented in Kenya (2017) · cites this paper as [49]

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Authors: Zurovac, D., Talisuna, A. O., & Snow, R. W.
Affiliations: John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
Corresponding author: Zurovac, Dejan
ORCID: Zurovac, Dejan
Talisuna, Ambrose O.
Snow, Robert W.
Venue: PLoS Medicine
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published: 2012-02-21
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Pages: e1001176
ISSN: 1549-1277 (ISSN-L)
1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001176
PMC: PMC3283546
OpenAlex: W2099127428
Cited by: 135
References: 45
Citations by year: 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 25.37
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Locations: PLoS Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Funders: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (48807.01)
Wellcome Trust (092654/Z/10/A, 092654, 084253, 079080)
Topics: Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › ICT in Developing Communities
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
Keywords: text messaging, malaria control, mobile health, health communication, Africa
MeSH terms: Africa, Health Personnel, Malaria, Patient Care Management, Patient Compliance, Population Surveillance, Reminder Systems, Rural Health Services, Guideline Adherence, Text Messaging

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