@article{b7b68f35b34a4f7780d103e22d5f44e3,
title = "Short Message Service (SMS) Surveys Assessing Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Adherence and Sexual Behavior are Highly Acceptable Among HIV-Uninfected Members of Serodiscordant Couples in East Africa: A Mixed Methods Study",
abstract = "Short message service (SMS) surveys are a promising data collection method and were used to measure sexual behavior and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among HIV-uninfected partners of serodiscordant couples enrolled in a sub-study of the Partners Demonstration Project (an open-label study of integrated antiretroviral therapy and PrEP for HIV prevention in Kenya and Uganda). Questionnaires were completed by 142 participants after study exit. Median age was 29 years; 69% were male. Ninety-five percent (95%) felt SMS surveys were “easy” or “very easy”, 74% reported no challenges, and 72% preferred SMS surveys over in-person study visits. Qualitative interviews involving 32 participants confirmed the ease of responding to SMS surveys. Participants also indicated that surveys acted as reminders for adherence to PrEP and condom use and were experienced as support from the study. SMS surveys were generally found to be acceptable in this population and provided real-time context of PrEP use.",
keywords = "Adherence, East Africa, PrEP, SMS, Serodiscordant couples",
author = "{the Partners Mobile Adherence to PrEP (PMAP) Team} and Muwonge, {Timothy R.} and Kenneth Ngure and Elly Katabira and Nelly Mugo and Grace Kimemia and Burns, {Bridget Frances O{\textquoteright}Rourke} and Nicholas Musinguzi and Felix Bambia and Baeten, {Jared M.} and Renee Heffron and Haberer, {Jessica E.} and Jessica Haberer and David Bangsberg and Connie Celum and Deborah Donnell and Lara Kidoguchi and Kathleen Thomas and Njambi Njuguna and Gakuo Maina and Edwin Mugo and Lawrence Mwaniki and Peter Mogere and Sarah Mbaire and Peter Mwaniki and John Njoroge and Snaidah Ongachi and Linnet Makena and Peter Michira and Simon Mburu and Andrew Mujugira and Timothy Muwonge and Nulu Bulya and Ronald Kiranda and Betty Nankya and Agnes Nakyanzi and Charles Brown and Alice Ssebbaale and Joloba, {Edith Nakku} and Nyanzi, {Robert Kikulwe} and James Mutyaba and Miriam Nampala and Florence Nambi and Emma Okwero and Samuel Kirimunda and Diego Izizinga and Joseph Kibuuka and Carol Musubika",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2019",
month = may,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1007/s10461-018-2326-8",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "23",
pages = "1267--1276",
journal = "AIDS and Behavior",
issn = "1090-7165",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "5",
}