ArticleAIDS research and treatment2014
Will an unsupervised self-testing strategy be feasible to operationalize in Canada? Results from a pilot study in students of a large canadian university.
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- Acceptance and associated factors of HIV testing among college students in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Reliability of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing compared with testing by health-care workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The lancet. HIV · 2018Pooled it
- Experiences using and organizing HIV self-testing.AIDS (London, England) · 2018Pooled it
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- Enhancing HIV self-testing uptake among university students in Rwanda: the proportion, barriers, and opportunities.BMC public health · 2025Article
- How to make an app-based program work and show how it works.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Acceptability, feasibility, and accuracy of blood-based HIV self-testing: A cross-sectional study in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- The acceptability and perceived use of HIV self-testing among technical vocational education and training students in Limpopo province.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2023Article
- The Feasibility and Acceptability of an mHealth Conversational Agent Designed to Support HIV Self-testing in South Africa: Cross-sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Factors associated with HIV self-testing among female university students in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.AIDS research and therapy · 2022Article
- Examining Chinese Users' Feedback Comments on HIV Self-testing Kits From e-Commerce Platforms: Thematic and Content Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Assessment of knowledge and acceptability of HIV self-testing among students of selected universities in southwest Nigeria: an online cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Impact of a personalised, digital, HIV self-testing app-based program on linkages and new infections in the township populations of South Africa.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- An observed, prospective field study to evaluate the performance and acceptance of a blood-based HIV self-test in Canada.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Understanding barriers and facilitators to HIV testing in Canada from 2009-2019: A systematic mixed studies review.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2021Article
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- Time for HIV self-testing in Canada: a vision and an action plan.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2020Article
- Level of knowledge, acceptability, and willingness to use oral fluid HIV self-testing among medical students in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania: a descriptive cross-sectional study.AIDS research and therapy · 2020Article
- HIV Self-Testing to Promote Serostatus Disclosure Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Protocol for a Stepped Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Evaluation of a mobile application to support HIV self-testing in Johannesburg, South Africa.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
Background. A convenient, private, and accessible HIV self-testing strategy stands to complement facility-based conventional testing. Over-the-counter oral HIV self-tests are approved and available in the United States, but not yet in Canada. Canadian data on self-testing is nonexistent. We investigated the feasibility of offering an unsupervised self-testing strategy to Canadian students. Methods. Between September 2011 and May 2012, we recruited 145 students from a student health clinic of a large Canadian university. Feasibility of operationalization (i.e., self-test conduct, acceptability, convenience, and willingness to pay) was evaluated. Self-test conduct was computed with agreement between the self-test performed by the student and the test repeated by a healthcare professional. Other metrics were measured on a survey. Results. Participants were young (median age: 22 years), unmarried (97%), and 47% were out of province or international students. Approximately 52% self-reported a history of unprotected casual sex and sex with multiple partners. Self-test conduct agreement was high (100%), so were acceptability (81%), convenience (99%), and willingness to pay (74%) for self-tests. Concerns included accuracy of self-tests and availability of expedited linkages. Conclusion. An unsupervised self-testing strategy was found to be feasible in Canadian students. Findings call for studies in at-risk populations to inform Canadian policy.
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