Using interactive SMS support groups to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa: a qualitative analysis of social and psychological benefits

Cindy A. Crusto, Samantha Pittenger, Jessica Costeines, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Anna Kydd, Maretha Visser, Thu Do, Andrea Dean, Brian Forsyth

Open source

DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2021.1989323
Published: 2025-08-22
Container: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Open access: unknown

Credibility signals

uncertain Score 64/100 under policy 1.0.0. This is a metadata assessment, not a judgment of the paper's conclusions.

Show all credibility signals

supportingDOI registered: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
supportingDOI resolves: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
not scoredDirectory of Open Access Journals: No matching DOAJ record was present in this response. No allow-list match; this is not evidence of low credibility. Source: DOAJ; license: CC0
not scoredMEDLINE indexed: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredOpenAlex core source: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredKnown publisher allow-list: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredROR affiliation: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredRetraction Watch retraction: No retraction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch expression of concern: No expression of concern notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch correction: No correction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch reinstatement: No reinstatement notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredOpen access status: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication license: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication version: A publication version was supplied but is not scored. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer
supportingMetadata completeness: All 6 scored descriptive metadata groups are present. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer

Cite this work

BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1080/17290376.2021.1989323,
  title = {Using interactive SMS support groups to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa: a qualitative analysis of social and psychological benefits},
  author = {Cindy A. Crusto and Samantha Pittenger and Jessica Costeines and Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha and Anna Kydd and Maretha Visser and Thu Do and Andrea Dean and Brian Forsyth},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS},
  doi = {10.1080/17290376.2021.1989323},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/17290376.2021.1989323}
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Using interactive SMS support groups to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa: a qualitative analysis of social and psychological benefits
AU  - Cindy A. Crusto
AU  - Samantha Pittenger
AU  - Jessica Costeines
AU  - Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha
AU  - Anna Kydd
AU  - Maretha Visser
AU  - Thu Do
AU  - Andrea Dean
AU  - Brian Forsyth
PY  - 2025
JO  - SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS
DO  - 10.1080/17290376.2021.1989323
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/17290376.2021.1989323
ER  -

APA

Crusto, C. A., Pittenger, S., Costeines, J., Amutah-Onukagha, N., Kydd, A., Visser, M., Do, T., Dean, A., & Forsyth, B. (2025). Using interactive SMS support groups to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa: a qualitative analysis of social and psychological benefits. SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS. https://doi.org/10.1080/17290376.2021.1989323

Source records

crossref · retrieved 2026-09-26T02:32:31.324Z