Karen Mitchell|Sheana Bull|J. K. Kiwanuka|Michele L. Ybarra
Cell phone usage among adolescents in Uganda: acceptability for relaying health information
Colorado School of Public Health|University of Colorado Denver|Mbarara University of Science and Technology
increase cell phone use manifested growing interest using technology health promotion portability always features cell phone along increasing capability devices carry transfer data suggest reach people computers internet coming years selfreported quantitative survey data 1503 secondary school students mbarara uganda collected 20082009 suggest 27 currently cell phones half 51 students 61 owned cell phone believe would access text messagingbased hiv prevention program available forms program delivery modality eg internet religious organizations schools preferred text messaging however need effective hiv prevention programs reach large audiences low cost culturally relevant east african context researchers encouraged consider translation effective hiv prevention programs cell phone delivery africa