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CareConekta: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a mobile health intervention to improve engagement in postpartum HIV care in South Africa.
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CareConekta: A Pilot Study of a Smartphone App to Improve Engagement in Postpartum HIV Care in South Africa
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Implementation of a GPS-Based Location-Tracking Smartphone App in South Africa to Improve Engagement in HIV Care: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Trial
- Cohort profile: CareConekta: a pilot study of a smartphone application to improve engagement in postpartum HIV care in South Africa.BMJ open · 2022Trial
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- The practice of pilot/feasibility studies in informing the conduct of HIV related clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Leaving no woman or girl behind? Inclusion and participation in digital maternal health programs in sub-Saharan Africa.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- Scaling up public mental health care in Sub-Saharan Africa: insights from infectious disease.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2021Article
- Patterns of mobility and its impact on retention in care among people living with HIV in the Manhiça District, Mozambique.PloS one · 2021Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundSouth Africa is home to the world's largest antiretroviral therapy program but sustaining engagement along the HIV care continuum has proven challenging in the country and throughout the wider region. Population mobility is common in South Africa, but there are important research gaps in describing this mobility and its impact on engagement in HIV care. Postpartum women and their infants in South Africa are known to be at high risk of dropping out of HIV care after delivery and are frequently mobile.
methodsIn 2017, we developed a beta version of a smartphone application (app) - CareConekta - that detects a user's smartphone location to allow for prospective characterization of mobility. Now we will adapt and test CareConekta to conduct essential formative work on mobility and evaluate an intervention - the CareConekta app plus text notifications and phone calls and/or WhatsApp messages - to facilitate engagement in HIV care during times of mobility. During the 3-year project period, our first objective is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of using CareConekta as an intervention to improve engagement in HIV care. Our second objective is to characterize mobility among South African women during the peripartum period and its impact on engagement in HIV care. We will enroll 200 eligible pregnant women living with HIV and receiving care at the Gugulethu Midwife Obstetric Unit in Cape Town, South Africa. DISCUSSION: This work will provide critical information about mobility during the peripartum period and the impact on engagement in HIV care. Simultaneously, we will pilot test an intervention to improve engagement with rigorously assessed outcomes. If successful, CareConekta offers tremendous potential as a research and service tool that can be adapted and evaluated in multiple geographic regions, study contexts, and patient populations.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03836625. Registered on 8 February 2019.
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