Published on in Vol 23, No 2 (2021): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/17837, first published .
The Promise and Peril of Mobile Phones for Youth in Rural Uganda: Multimethod Study of Implications for Health and HIV

The Promise and Peril of Mobile Phones for Youth in Rural Uganda: Multimethod Study of Implications for Health and HIV

The Promise and Peril of Mobile Phones for Youth in Rural Uganda: Multimethod Study of Implications for Health and HIV

Philip Kreniske   1, 2 , PhD ;   Alyssa Basmajian   3 , MA ;   Neema Nakyanjo   4 , MA ;   William Ddaaki   4 , BA, MSc ;   Dauda Isabirye   4 , BA ;   Charles Ssekyewa   4 , BA ;   Rosette Nakubulwa   4 , BA ;   Jennifer S. Hirsch   3 , BA, PhD ;   Andrea Deisher   2 , BSN ;   Fred Nalugoda   4 , PhD ;   Larry W Chang   4, 5, 6 , MD, MPH ;   John S Santelli   2, 7 , MD, MPH

1 HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

2 Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

3 Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

4 Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda

5 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States

6 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

7 Pediatrics, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

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  • Philip Kreniske, PhD
  • HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
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