SynthesisAIDS and behavior2014
Incentivizing HIV/STI testing: a systematic review of the literature.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Motivations, Facilitators, and Barriers of Donation-Based Interventions in HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Research: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the global prevalence and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake in people living with HIV.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Prosocial Interventions and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Missed opportunities for HIV testing among those who accessed sexually transmitted infection (STI) services, tested for STIs and diagnosed with STIs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Pooled it
- Do financial incentives increase mental health treatment engagement? A meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Incentive-Based Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections Screening in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2022Pooled it
- The Utilisation of Payment Models Across the HIV Continuum of Care: Systematic Review of Evidence.AIDS and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Financing STI testing among men in China: A mixed-methods study of pay-it-forward monetary donations.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Expanding syphilis test uptake using rapid dual self-testing for syphilis and HIV among men who have sex with men in China: A multiarm randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2022Trial
- Financial incentives and deposit contracts to promote HIV retesting in Uganda: A randomized trial.PLoS medicine · 2021Trial
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- A pilot randomized trial of incentive strategies to promote HIV retesting in rural Uganda.PloS one · 2020Trial
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- Financial Incentives for Pediatric HIV Testing in Kenya.The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 2018Trial
- Comparative effectiveness of novel nonmonetary incentives to promote HIV testing.AIDS (London, England) · 2018Trial
- Economic incentives for HIV testing by adolescents in Zimbabwe: a randomised controlled trial.The lancet. HIV · 2018Trial
- A Conditional Economic Incentive Fails to Improve Linkage to Care and Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Among HIV-Positive Adults in Cape Town, South Africa.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2018Trial
- Frequency of HIV-testing and factors associated with multiple lifetime HIV-testing among a rural population of Zambian men.BMC public health · 2015Trial
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- Meeting Men Where they are: Motivators and Barriers to Accessing Health Services through a Men's Mobile Wellness Clinic, October 2019 to March 2020, Blantyre, Malawi.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Suboptimal HIV/STI testing uptake has a profound impact on morbidity and mortality. Incentives have been effective in other areas of medicine and may improve HIV/STI testing uptake rates. This study reviewed the effects of incentives on HIV/STI testing uptake. A systematic search of seven databases was undertaken. Testing uptake was defined as test implementation and/or test result retrieval. Incentives were defined as monetary or non-monetary rewards or free-of-charge testing vouchers. Seven studies were included. All seven studies demonstrated higher rates of uptake in an incentivized group. Incentives offered at a non-clinical setting demonstrated more significant differences in uptake rates compared to incentives offered at a clinical setting. Incentivizing HIV/STI testing uptake, especially testing at a non-clinical setting, may be a useful tool to modify health behavior. Further research is needed to understand how incentives could be an effective component within a comprehensive HIV/STI control strategy.
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