'I understood the texting process well'. Participant perspectives on usability and acceptability of SMS-based telehealth follow-up after voluntary medical male …

J Pienaar, S Day, G Setswe, B Wasunna… - Digital …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (MC) is a biomedical HIV prevention
method that requires post-operative follow-up for healing confirmation. Recent research …

[HTML][HTML] “Endless Opportunities”: A qualitative exploration of facilitators and barriers to scale-up of two-way texting follow-up after voluntary medical male circumcision …

C Elkins, S Kokera, P Vumbugwa, J Gavhera, KM West… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In Zimbabwe, the ZAZIC consortium employs two-way, text-based (2wT) follow-up to
strengthen post-operative care for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC). 2wT scaled …

[HTML][HTML] Cost savings in male circumcision post-operative care using two-way text-based follow-up in rural and urban South Africa

Y Su, R Mukora, F Ndebele, J Pienaar, C Khumalo… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) clients are required to attend
multiple post-operative follow-up visits in South Africa. However, with demonstrated VMMC …

Finding balance between rigor and relevance: Implementing adaptations to a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (pRCT) of a two-way texting study for voluntary …

G Setswe, F Ndebele, J Pienaar, B Wasunna, V Ncube… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background One of the major debates in implementation research is around fidelity and
adaptation. The growing interest in obtaining evidence on the relative benefits and harms of …