Pollard, Rose https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9563-0918
Kennedy, Caitlin E.
Hutton, Heidi E.
Mulamba, Jeremiah
Mbabali, Ismail
Anok, Aggrey
Nakyanjo, Neema
Chang, Larry W.
Amico, K. Rivet
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Mental Health (Grant R01MH107275)
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
The Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research (Grant P30AI094189)
Article History
Accepted: 17 July 2021
First Online: 30 July 2021
Declarations
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: Emocha Mobile Health Inc. is the company that developed and supported the smartphone application used in the Health Scouts intervention. Larry Chang is entitled to royalties on certain non-research revenue generated by this company and owns company equity. Specific to this study, Larry Chang will not receive royalties or compensation from emocha Mobile Health Inc. This arrangement has been reviewed and approved by the Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. All other authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Institutional Review Board, the Research and Ethics Committee of the Uganda Virus Research Institute, and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology.
: Informed, written consent was obtained from all participants of this study.
: Not applicable.