Artículo
Text message interventions for follow up of infants born to mothers positive for Chagas disease in Tucumán, Argentina: a feasibility study
Registro en:
1756-0500
10.1186/s13104-015-1498-9
Autor
Cormick, Gabriela
Ciganda, Alvaro
Cafferata, Maria Luisa
Ripple, Michael J
Sosa-Estani, Sergio
Buekens, Pierre
Belizán, José M.
Althabe, Fernando
Resumen
Fil: Cormick, Gabriela. Department of Mother and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Ciganda, Alvaro. Unidad de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica Montevideo; Uruguay. Fil: Cafferata, Maria Luisa. Unidad de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica Montevideo; Uruguay. Fil: Sosa-Estani, Sergio. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología; Argentina. Fil: Buekens, Pierre. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; Estados Unidos. Fil: Belizán, José M. Department of Mother and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Althabe, Fernando. Department of Mother and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Diagnosis of congenital Chagas disease occurs at 9 months of age, making effective treatment challenging due to loss to follow-up. Mobile health (mHealth) has been utilized to improve communication and treatment adherence in many chronic diseases, although no studies of mHealth in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected individuals have been conducted. Text message interventions, a subset of mHealth, has shown to improve appointment attendance and is relatively simple to set up, thus making it an ideal mechanism to facilitate communication with individuals in low-resource settings.