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SynthesisAIDS (London, England)2014

Systematic review of strategies to increase men's HIV-testing in sub-Saharan Africa.

Bernadette Hensen, Sachiko Taoka, James J Lewis, Helen A Weiss, James Hargreaves

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Synthesis in AIDS (London, England), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bernadette Hensen
Sachiko Taoka
James J Lewis
Helen A Weiss
James Hargreaves
Tavistock Institute · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K007467/1Medical Research Council MR/K012126/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis systematic review summarizes evidence on the effectiveness of strategies to increase men's HIV-testing in sub-Saharan Africa.

methodsMedline, EmBase, Africa-Wide Information and Global Health were searched. Cluster and individually randomized trials evaluating interventions to increase the proportion of adults (≥ 15 years) testing for HIV were eligible if they were conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, included men in the study population, and reported HIV-testing data by sex. References were independently screened.

resultsOf the 1852 references, 15 papers including 16 trials were eligible. Trials were judged too heterogeneous to combine in meta-analysis. Three interventions invited men to attend antenatal care-based HIV-testing via pregnant partners, of which two showed a significant effect on partner-testing. One intervention invited men to HIV-test through pregnant partners and showed an increase in HIV-testing when it was offered in bars compared with health facilities. A trial of notification to partners of newly diagnosed HIV-positive patients showed an increase in testing where notification was by healthcare providers compared with notification by the patient. Three interventions reached men already at health facilities and eight reported the effects of community-based HIV testing. Mobile-testing had a significant effect on HIV-testing compared with standard voluntary counselling and testing. Home-based testing also had a significant effect, but reached smaller numbers of men than mobile-testing. DISCUSSION: Interventions to encourage HIV-testing can increase men's levels of HIV testing. Community-based programmes in particular had a large effect on population levels of HIV-testing. More data on costs and potential population impact of these approaches over different time-horizons would aid policy-makers in planning resource allocation to increase male HIV-testing.

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Health EducationHealth PromotionAdultAfrica South of the SaharaCost-Benefit AnalysisDirective CounselingHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMotivationPolicy MakingRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSexual Partners

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PMID25062091
PMCPMC4819892
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