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Unpacking the “Black Box”: How an SMS-Based Continuing Medical Education Intervention Improved Medical Knowledge Among HIV Clinicians in Vietnam

Maia R. Nofal, Nafisa Halim, Bao Ngoc Le, Lora L. Sabin, Anna Larson Williams, Rachael Bonawitz, Ha Viet Nguyen, Tam Thi Thanh Nguyen and Christopher J. Gill
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2018, 6(4):668-679; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00298
Maia R. Nofal
aDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Nafisa Halim
aDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Bao Ngoc Le
bConsulting, Researching Community Development (CRCD), Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Lora L. Sabin
aDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Anna Larson Williams
aDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Rachael Bonawitz
aDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Ha Viet Nguyen
bConsulting, Researching Community Development (CRCD), Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Tam Thi Thanh Nguyen
cCenter for Population Research Information and Databases (CPRID), General Office for Population and Family Planning, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Christopher J. Gill
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vol. 6 no. 4 668-679
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00298
PubMed 
30591575

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2169-575X
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  • Received: August 8, 2018
  • Accepted: November 2, 2018
  • Published online December 27, 2018.

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© Nofal et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00298

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  1. Maia R. Nofala,*,
  2. Nafisa Halima⇑*,
  3. Bao Ngoc Leb,
  4. Lora L. Sabina,
  5. Anna Larson Williamsa,
  6. Rachael Bonawitza,
  7. Ha Viet Nguyenb,
  8. Tam Thi Thanh Nguyenc,
  9. Christopher J. Gilla
  1. aDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  2. bConsulting, Researching Community Development (CRCD), Hanoi, Vietnam.
  3. cCenter for Population Research Information and Databases (CPRID), General Office for Population and Family Planning, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  1. Correspondence to Nafisa Halim (nhalim{at}bu.edu).
  1. ↵* Contributed equally.

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