Publications

Kirsten Bobrow, Andrew J. Farmer, David Springer, Milensu Shanyinde, Ly-Mee Yu, Thomas Brennan, Brian Rayner, Mosedi Namane, Krisela Steyn, Lionel Tarassenko and Naomi Levitt. Mobile Phone Text Messages to Support Treatment Adherence in Adults With High Blood Pressure (StAR): A Single-Blind, Randomized Trial. Circulation published online January 14, 2016;http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/01/14/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.017530.full.pdf?ijkey=EupqRGmcxi9Smsz&keytype=ref

Julie C. Lauffenburger and Niteesh K. Choudhry. Text Messaging and Patient Engagement in an Increasingly Mobile World. Circulation published online January 14, 2016; http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/01/14/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.021182.full.pdf+html

Leon N., Surender R., Bobrow K., Muller J., Farmer A. 2015. Improving treatment adherence for blood pressure lowering via mobile phone SMS-messages in South Africa: a qualitative evaluation of the SMS-text Adherence SuppoRt (StAR) trial. BMC Fam Pract. 2015 Jul 3; 16:80. doi:10.1186/s12875-015-0289-7  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26137844

Kirsty Bobrow, Thomas Brennan, David Springer, Naomi S Levitt, Brian Rayner, Mosedi Namane, Ly-Mee Yu, Lionel Tarassenko and Andrew Farmer. 2014. Efficacy of a text messaging (SMS) based intervention for adults with hypertension: protocol for the StAR (SMS Text-message Adherence suppoRt trial) randomised controlled trial. Bobrowet al. BMC Public Health 2014, 14:28   http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/28/prepub