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Chatbots and Conversational Agents (740) HIV/AIDS/STI Prevention and Care (1043) mHealth for Symptom and Disease Monitoring, Chronic Disease Management (1732) Mobile Health (mhealth) (3464)

Published on in Vol 24, No 12 (2022): December

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/39816, first published .
The Feasibility and Acceptability of an mHealth Conversational Agent Designed to Support HIV Self-testing in South Africa: Cross-sectional Study

The Feasibility and Acceptability of an mHealth Conversational Agent Designed to Support HIV Self-testing in South Africa: Cross-sectional Study

The Feasibility and Acceptability of an mHealth Conversational Agent Designed to Support HIV Self-testing in South Africa: Cross-sectional Study

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Xolani Ntinga1 Author Orcid Image ;   Franco Musiello1 Author Orcid Image ;   Alfred Kipyegon Keter1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Ruanne Barnabas4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Alastair van Heerden1, 6 Author Orcid Image
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