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- ItemMitigating HIV health disparities: the promise of mobile health for a patient-initiated solution.(2014-11-13) Arya, Monisha; Kumar, Disha; Patel, Sajani; Street, Richard L; Giordano, Thomas Peter; Viswanath, KasisomayajulaThe HIV epidemic is an ongoing public health problem fueled in part by undertesting for HIV When HIV infected people learn their status many of them decrease risky behaviors and begin therapy to decrease viral load both of which prevent ongoing spread of HIV in the community Some physicians face barriers to testing their patients for HIV and would rather their patients ask them for the HIV test A campaign prompting patients to ask their physicians about HIV testing could increase testing A mobile health mHealth campaign would be a low cost accessible solution to activate patients to take greater control of their health especially populations at risk for HIV This campaign could achieve Healthy People 2020 objectives improve patient physician communication improve HIV testing and increase use of mHealth
- ItemUsing text messages to improve patient-doctor communication among racial and ethnic minority adults: an innovative solution to increase influenza vaccinations.(2015-01-29) Phillips, Ashley L; Kumar, Disha; Patel, Sajani; Arya, MonishaDespite the 2010 CDC recommendation that all adults receive influenza vaccinations in the 2013 2014 influenza season only 35 of Blacks and 37 of Hispanics were vaccinated compared to 40 of Whites This disparity could be due to poor patient doctor communication among other barriers Doctors provide more health information to active communicators unfortunately they perceive minority patients to be poor communicators A novel way to prompt minority patients to better communicate with their doctors is through mHealth Text messaging is a simple low cost mHealth platform widely used among racial and ethnic minorities A text message campaign could be effective in providing vaccine education and prompting patients to converse with their doctors about influenza vaccinations Text prompts could improve patient communication thus increasing their likelihood of vaccination This campaign could accomplish Healthy People 2020 goals increase influenza vaccination improve patient doctor communication increase use of mHealth and reduce health disparities