ArticleSexually transmitted infections2007
Internet as a tool to access high-risk men who have sex with men from a resource-constrained setting: a study from Peru.
Article in Sexually transmitted infections, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 20 papers.
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Effect of an Online Video-Based Intervention to Increase HIV Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men in Peru
Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of a Novel Web-based Intervention to Increase HIV Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men in Lima-Peru
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed.
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- High HIV prevalence and the internet as a source of HIV-related service information at a community-based organization in Peru: a cross-sectional study of men who have sex with men.BMC public health · 2016Article
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- Feasibility of Recruiting Peer Educators to Promote HIV Testing Using Facebook Among Men Who have Sex with Men in Peru.AIDS and behavior · 2015Article
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- Short Text Messages to Motivate HIV Testing Among Men Who have Sex with Men: A Qualitative Study in Lima, Peru.The open AIDS journal · 2013Article
- Motivating men who have sex with men to get tested for HIV through the internet and mobile phones: a qualitative study.PloS one · 2013Article
- Latent class analysis of sexual risk patterns among esquineros (street corner men) a group of heterosexually identified, socially marginalized men in urban coastal Peru.AIDS and behavior · 2011Article
- Risk behaviors and reasons for not getting tested for HIV among men who have sex with men: an online survey in Peru.PloS one · 2011Article
- Travelling far but staying close to home.Sexually transmitted infections · 2007Article
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- Ten years of international collaboration in biomedical informatics and beyond: the AMAUTA program in Peru.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIAArticle
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Abstract
objectivesIn Peru, current interventions in high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) reach a limited number of this population because they rely solely on peer education. The objective of this study was to assess the use of the internet as an alternative tool to access this population.
methodsTwo nearly identical banner ads-both advertising an online survey but only one offering free HIV/syphilis tests and condoms-were displayed randomly on a Peruvian gay website.
resultsThe inclusion of the health incentive increased the frequency of completed surveys (5.8% vs 3.4% of delivered impressions; p<0.001), attracting high-risk MSM not previously tested for HIV but interested in a wide variety of preventive Web-based interventions. Eleven per cent (80/713) of participants who said they had completed the survey offering free testing visited our clinic: of those who attended, 6% had already been diagnosed as having HIV, while 5% tested positive for HIV. In addition, 8% tested positive for syphilis.
conclusionsThe internet can be used as a tool to access MSM in Peru. The compensation of a free HIV/syphilis test increased the frequency of participation in our online survey, indicating that such incentives may be an effective means of reaching this population. However, as only a small percentage of participants actually reported for testing, future research should develop and assess tailored internet interventions to increase HIV/STI testing and delivery of other prevention services to Peruvian MSM.
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