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Development of a text-messaging intervention to improve treatment adherence and post-treatment review of children with uncomplicated malaria in western Kenya
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Patients' low adherence to artemisinin-based combination therapy has been reported in areas of Kenya bordering the Lake Victoria region, where the burden of malaria remains high. A randomized controlled trial is underway to determine the efficacy of short message service (SMS) text reminders on adherence to artemether-lumefantrine and post-treatment review of children under the age of five. This paper reports on the iterative process of intervention and delivery system development.An interven...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Publisher's version
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- 10.1186/s12936-015-0825-x
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- Publisher:
- BioMed Central Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Malaria journal Journal website
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 320
- Chapter number:
- ARTN 320
- Publication date:
- 2015-08-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-07-28
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1475-2875
- ISSN:
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1475-2875
- URN:
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uuid:6f17a60d-8739-42b9-aa73-717fab4cc1d4
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539444
- Local pid:
- pubs:539444
- Paper number:
- 1
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- English
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- Copyright holder:
- Sophie Githinji et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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