Table 3.

Illustrative quotes from participants concerning social support and acceptability of electronic monitoring.

In Favor of Social Support Involvement

“I think it would be a lot helpful because it is coming from a friend. They can give you the truth…They’ll be like ‘Aren’t you worried about your life?’”

“It wouldn’t matter who contacted me…At least I know someone’s concerned about me.”

Concerned About Social Support Involvement

“As long as I take it regularly, I don’t have to worry about that person calling me about that.”

“When you are an adult, you do things on your own time.”

“I don’t want nobody to stress me about my health if I’m not stressing about my health.”

“Friends come and go every day. You don’t know whether they’ll go and spread.”

“I don’t really have anyone that would commit to it.”

“Some days I don’t want to take my medicine.”

Acceptability of electronic monitoring

“It made me more responsible. Kind of like accountability partner in a pill bottle.”

“When you do call me and when I do open it I feel better,”

“I actually liked it. Coz like, it’s almost like you’re a kid and your mom, and it makes you want to do it right.”

Concerns for electronic monitoring

“I forget to take it all the time. I take it when I remember. When so many things happening - but it concerns me, knowing calls would be coming up.”

“It was kind of like frustrating at first.”