UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA - UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - VIA LIBRE
Welcome to the CELL- POS project
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Overview of the project Cell-POS is a a computer-based intervention using cell phones to enhance adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) and support of HIV transmission risk-reduction among adult HIV- positive patients in Peru. Adherence to ART is critical for treatment success at the individual level and to avoid the onset of resistant strains of HIV. In Peru, where ART has recently been introduced, adherence to HIV treatment has not yet been addressed properly. Innovative approaches using information technologies such as cell phones are needed to increase adherence to ART for people with HIV/AIDS. |
| The specific aims of the study are to: 1) Conduct formative research to assess culturally-specific behavioral messages to be included in the computer-based system; 2) Develop and test an interactive computer-based system using cell phones to enhance adherence to ART and to deliver HIV transmission risk reduction messages; 3) Evaluate the impact of the system on antiretroviral adherence and sexual risk behaviors. | |
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Related Publications |
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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública |
Curioso WH, Blas MM, Kurth
AE, Klausner J. Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación para la
Prevención y Control de la Infección por el VIH y otras ITS.
[Information and Communication Technologies for Prevention and
Control of HIV infection and Other STIs]. Rev Per Med Exp Sal Pub
2007;(3):262-71. Available at: http://www.scielo.org.pe/pdf/rins/v24n3/a10v24n3.pdf |
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sBritish Medical Journal |
Manne J, Curioso WH. Technology and health care in the developing world. sBritish Medical Journal 2007;7(12):436. Available at: http://student.bmj.com/issues/07/12/life/436.php |
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In the news... |
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Los celulares e
internet pueden ayudar en la lucha contra el sida |
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El uso de celulares e
internet ayuda contra el HIV
http://www.rionegro.com.ar/diario/2008/01/30/20081v30s01.php |
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Presentations |
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Curioso WH. Innovative applications of mobile technologies for health
in Lima, Peru. [Aplicaciones novedosas en salud de tecnologías
móbiles en Lima, Perú]. In: International Workshop: "Applications of
Mobile Telephony for Health Services in Latin America and the
Caribbean" IEB UFSC, IDRC CRDI, ICA, PAHO. March 17-18, 2008.
Florianopolis, Brazil Curioso WH. Mobile Technologies for the Prevention and Control of HIV and other STIs. [Tecnologías Móviles para la Prevención y Control de la Infección por el VIH y otras ITS]. In: II Course: Informatics for Global Health. April 27, 2008. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
Curioso WH. Mobile technologies for health. 2008 Workshop. Disease
Surveillance WorkShop. April 29-30, 2008 . Naval Medical Research
Center Detachment (NMRCD), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory (JHU/APL), and the U.S. Department of Defense Global
Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS). |
