Dan Kelly

Dan Kelly replied to "Pediatric adherence to ART in Zambia" in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.

Hi Jessica, I want to comment on caregiver characteristics and why grandmothers or elderly guardians deserve special consideration for interventions. Adherence to ART in HIV+ Zambian children is outstanding in this article. The primary caregivers characteristics included the following: mother (68%), aunt (14%), grandmother (10%), father (4%), and other (4%). ...

Dan Kelly replied to "x-message reminders: are symbols better than words?" in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.

Hi Jessica, I bet your social support made him happy, too. I've been blending sms queries and reminders into this discussion, but for purposes of discussing user barriers, I think that we need to draw a distinction here not just because learning to respond to a PIN seemed to dominate ...

Dan Kelly replied to "x-message reminders: are symbols better than words?" in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.

Hi Jessica, I want to expand on why I like the "forgetfulness" issue that you raised, which somehow parallels the importance of cohorts loss to follow up. First of all, I would like to reframe the issue of "forgetfulness" into a "linkage to care" issue, or in this case "linkage ...

Dan Kelly replied to "x-message reminders: are symbols better than words?" in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.

Dear Rich, Jessica, Great feedback... why do you think there is upfront forgetfulness? Did you investigate strategies to prevent it like test pages (****?!****)? If so, why did you decide to use "just in time" techniques? Confusion about test pages vs real pages? or study bias? Some of these and ...

Dan Kelly replied to "x-message reminders: are symbols better than words?" in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.

Hi Jessica, Insightful points on recall period and cell phone sharing. We have access to the typical Nokia (candy bar) phone. While text messages can't display pictures, the menu options do, so I wonder if there is a technical way to transmit the picture of a pill. For example, when ...