Mobile Health Technologies May Be Acceptable Tools for Providing Social Support to Tuberculosis Patients in Rural Uganda: A Parallel Mixed-Method Study

Background. Social support has been shown to mitigate social barriers to medication adherence and improve tuberculosis (TB) treatment success rates. The use of mobile technology to activate social support systems among TB patients, however, has not been well explored. Moreover, studies that tie supp...

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Main Authors: Angella Musiimenta, Wilson Tumuhimbise, Esther C. Atukunda, Aaron T. Mugaba, Conrad Muzoora, Mari Armstrong-Hough, David Bangsberg, J. Lucian Davis, Jessica E. Haberer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Tuberculosis Research and Treatment
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7401045