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Expanding the Evidence on the Safety and Efficiency of 2-Way Text Messaging–Based Telehealth for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Follow-up Compared With In-Person Reviews: Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural and Urban South Africa

Expanding the Evidence on the Safety and Efficiency of 2-Way Text Messaging–Based Telehealth for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Follow-up Compared With In-Person Reviews: Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural and Urban South Africa

Expanding the Evidence on the Safety and Efficiency of 2-Way Text Messaging–Based Telehealth for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Follow-up Compared With In-Person Reviews: Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural and Urban South Africa

Authors of this article:

Caryl Feldacker1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Jacqueline Pienaar3 Author Orcid Image ;   Beatrice Wasunna4 Author Orcid Image ;   Felex Ndebele3 Author Orcid Image ;   Calsile Khumalo3 Author Orcid Image ;   Sarah Day5, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Hannock Tweya1 Author Orcid Image ;   Femi Oni4 Author Orcid Image ;   Maria Sardini3 Author Orcid Image ;   Binod Adhikary7 Author Orcid Image ;   Evelyn Waweru4 Author Orcid Image ;   Mourice Barasa Wafula4 Author Orcid Image ;   Anna Dixon8 Author Orcid Image ;   Krishna Jafa8 Author Orcid Image ;   Yanfang Su1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kenneth Sherr1 Author Orcid Image ;   Geoffrey Setswe3, 9 Author Orcid Image
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  2. Su Y, Mukora R, Ndebele F, Pienaar J, Khumalo C, Xu X, Tweya H, Sardini M, Day S, Sherr K, Setswe G, Feldacker C, Dulli L. Cost savings in male circumcision post-operative care using two-way text-based follow-up in rural and urban South Africa. PLOS ONE 2023;18(11):e0294449 View
  3. Mureithi M, Ng’aari L, Wasunna B, Kiruthu-Kamamia C, Sande O, Chiwaya G, Huwa J, Tweya H, Jafa K, Feldacker C, Ayatollahi H. Centering healthcare workers in digital health design: Usability and acceptability of two-way texting to improve retention in antiretroviral therapy in a public HIV clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi. PLOS Digital Health 2024;3(4):e0000480 View
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  5. Fabens I, Makhele C, Igaba N, Hlongwane S, Phohole M, Waweru E, Oni F, Khwepeya M, Sardini M, Moyo K, Tweya H, Wafula M, Pienaar J, Ndebele F, Setswe G, Dong T, Feldacker C. WhatsApp Versus SMS for 2-Way, Text-Based Follow-Up After Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa: Exploration of Messaging Platform Choice. JMIR Formative Research 2024;8:e62762 View
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  8. Setswe G, Day S, Ndebele F, Pienaar J, Ncube V, Feldacker C. Finding the balance between rigour and relevance: implementing adaptations to the implementation of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a two-way texting intervention for voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa. BMJ Open 2025;15(4):e091934 View
  9. Fabens I, Makhele C, Igaba N, Moyo K, Ndebele F, Pienaar J, Setswe G, Feldacker C, Or C. When evidence is not enough: A qualitative exploration of healthcare workers’ perspectives on expansion of two-way texting (2wT) for post- circumcision follow-up in South Africa. PLOS Digital Health 2025;4(6):e0000867 View
  10. Day S, Arendse K, Scott S, Moyo M, Mzeche S, Guzha B, Tegama N, Sills V, Ras T, Walter F, Moodley J. Challenges and facilitators in pathways to cancer diagnosis in Southern Africa: a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2025;15(6):e099296 View
  11. Feldacker C, Fabens I, Dong T, Moyo K, Makhele C, Phohole M, Igaba N, Hlongwane S, Pienaar J, Sardini M, Ndebele F, Tweya H, Holec M, Waweru E, Setswe G, Sundeep D. Strengthening evidence for text-based telehealth in post-operative care: A pragmatic study of the reach and effectiveness of two-way, text-based follow-up after voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa. PLOS One 2025;20(10):e0314436 View