Teens turn to text messages for AIDS advice in Zambia

In an article by Stephanie Findlay HNRP investigator Dr. David Moore weighs in on how mobile technology could be an inexpensive response to taxed health care systems.  "Apps exist to help people locate the closest HIV testing site......What if you could do something like an HIV rapid test using an app on your phone? That could be a game changer in terms of HIV incidence."  The article describes the overwhelming response of text messages U-Report, a text-message based HIV counseling hotline, receives from HIV-infected Zambian teenagers asking "brutally honest" questions related to the infection. 

Studies suggest that adolescents prefer technological communication over face-to-face communication regarding sensitive issues.  

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