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

Caryl Feldacker   ^{1, 2} , MPH, PhD ;   Jacqueline Pienaar   ³ , MS ;   Beatrice Wasunna   ⁴ , PhD ;   Felex Ndebele   ³ , MSc ;   Calsile Khumalo   ³ , MA ;   Sarah Day   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Hannock Tweya   ¹ , MSc, PhD ;   Femi Oni   ⁴ , BA ;   Maria Sardini   ³ , RN ;   Binod Adhikary   ⁷ , BEng, MEd ;   Evelyn Waweru   ⁴ , MSc ;   Mourice Barasa Wafula   ⁴ , BS ;   Anna Dixon   ⁸ , PhD ;   Krishna Jafa   ⁸ , MBBS, MPH ;   Yanfang Su   ¹ , MA, SCD ;   Kenneth Sherr   ¹ , PhD ;   Geoffrey Setswe   ^{3, 9} , DrPH

¹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

² International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

³ Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa

⁴ Medic, Nairobi, Kenya

⁵ Centre for HIV-AIDS Prevention Studies (CHAPS), Johannesburg, South Africa

⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁷ Medic, Kathmandu, Nepal

⁸ Medic, San Francisco, CA, United States

⁹ Department of Health Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa