An mHealth Intervention to Address Depression and Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Youths Living With HIV in Uganda: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Proscovia Nabunya   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Patricia Cavazos-Rehg   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   James Mugisha   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Erin Kasson   ^{2 *} , MSW ;   Olive Imelda Namuyaba   ^{4 *} , BSc ;   Claire Najjuuko   ^{5 *} , BSc ;   Edward Nsubuga   ^{1 *} , BSc ;   Lindsey M Filiatreau   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   Abel Mwebembezi   ^{7 *} , PhD ;   Fred M Ssewamala   ^{1 *} , PhD

¹ International Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States

² Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States

³ College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

⁴ International Center for Child Health and Development Field Office, Masaka, Uganda

⁵ Division of Computational & Data Sciences, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States

⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States

⁷ Reach the Youth, Kampala, Uganda

*all authors contributed equally