ArticlePloS one2015
Young, Online and in the Dark: Scaling Up HIV Testing among MSM in ASEAN.
Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05044013 (Training in mHealth Prevention With MSM), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers.
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Training in mHealth Prevention With MSM
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Correlates of never testing for HIV among men who have sex with men in Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- User preferences for an mHealth app to support HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among men who have sex with men in Malaysia.PLOS digital health · 2024Article
- Patterns of Chemsex Substance Use and Its Association with HIV Transmission Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Thailand: A Latent Class Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Correlates of never testing for HIV among men who have sex with men in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Polydrug Use, Sexual Risk, and HIV Testing Among Cisgender Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men and Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals Who Have Sex With Men in Kazakhstan.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2022Article
- Mobile Health Technology Use and the Acceptability of an mHealth Platform for HIV Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: Cross-sectional Respondent-Driven Sampling Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Adaptation of a Theory-Based Social Networking and Gamified App-Based Intervention to Improve Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in Bangkok, Thailand: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Potential interactions between the pathways to diagnosis of HIV and other STIs and HIV self-testing: insights from a qualitative study of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Singapore.Sexually transmitted infections · 2021Article
- Assessing mobile technology use and mHealth acceptance among HIV-positive men who have sex with men and transgender women in Malaysia.PloS one · 2021Article
- Adherence of HIV Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Longitudinal Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
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- HIV Seroconversion and Types of Relationships Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Cohort Study in China.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2020Article
- Developing a Typology of HIV/STI Testing Patterns Among Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men: A Framework to Guide Interventions.Qualitative health research · 2020Article
- Willingness to Use HIV Self-Testing and Associated Factors Among Transgender Women in Malaysia.Transgender health · 2020Article
- Linkages to HIV confirmatory testing and antiretroviral therapy after online, supervised, HIV self-testing among Thai men who have sex with men and transgender women.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2020Article
- Using a HIV registry to develop accurate estimates for the HIV care cascade - the Singapore experience.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Extent and selectivity of sexual orientation disclosure and its association with HIV and other STI testing patterns among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.Sexually transmitted infections · 2019Article
- What would you choose: Online or Offline or Mixed services? Feasibility of online HIV counselling and testing among Thai men who have sex with men and transgender women and factors associated with service uptake.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundPoor HIV testing uptake by MSM may be attributable to unique challenges that are localized in Southeast Asia.
objectiveTo characterize MSM who never tested for HIV, to identify correlates of never testing, and to elucidate the perceived barriers to HIV testing.
methodsThe present study used data from the Asian Internet MSM Sex Survey (AIMSS) and restricted the analysis to 4,310 MSM from the ten member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
resultsAmong MSM participants from ASEAN in our sample, 1290 (29.9%) reported having never been tested for HIV, 471 (10.9%) tested for HIV more than 2 years ago, and 2186 (50.7%) reported their last test date was between 6 months and two years ago, with only 363 (8.4%) of these men having been tested in the past 6 months. In multivariable logistic regression, younger MSM (age 15-22 years old [AOR: 4.60, 95% CI: 3.04-6.96]), MSM with lower education (secondary school or lower [AOR: 1.37, 95% CI: 1.03-1.83]), MSM who identify as bisexual or heterosexual (compared to gay-identified) (AOR: 1.94, 95% CI: 1.60-2.35), and MSM who had never used a condom with male partners (AOR: 1.61, 95% CI: 1.32-1.97) had higher odds of never been HIV tested. Main reason for not being tested was a low risk perception of HIV exposure (n = 390, 30.2%).
conclusionCurrent HIV prevention response must not leave MSM "in the dark," but instead meet them where they are by utilizing the Internet creatively through social media and smart phones. As ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is quickly becoming a reality, so must there be an equally fast and united response to slowing down the HIV epidemics among MSM in ASEAN.
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