JMIR

Online J Public Health Inform

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics

1947-2579

JMIR Publications

Toronto, Canada

v6i1e5118

10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5118

Roles of Health Literacy in Relation to Social Determinants of Health and Recommendations for Informatics-Based Interventions: Systematic Review

2014

6 1

e5118

In Tanzania, the rate of circumcision among older men has been low. IntraHealth International introduced an intervention to increase VMMC uptake among men 20 years and older, through community sensitization and demand creation using targeted SMS messaging. Results showed a 25% rise in VMMC in the project''s first 9 months indicating that mobile technology can be a powerful VMMC recruitment tool.