ArticleJournal of virus eradication2015
HIV self-testing among key populations: an implementation science approach to evaluating self-testing.
Article in Journal of virus eradication, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Experiences using and organizing HIV self-testing.AIDS (London, England) · 2018Pooled it
- A pilot trial of the peer-based distribution of HIV self-test kits among fishermen in Bulisa, Uganda.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Navigating HIV self-testing: Concerns among adolescents and young people aged 15-24 years in Uganda. An exploratory qualitative study.PloS one · 2026Article
- HIV services for fisherfolk in Sierra Leone: A formative assessment of barriers, opportunities, and community preferences.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Adolescents and young people in sub-Saharan Africa: overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities to achieve HIV epidemic control.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Implementation determinants of HIV Self-Testing among young sexual minority men.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- HIV Self-testing and Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in 23 US Cities, 2017.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Participant experiences using novel home-based blood collection device for viral load testing in HIV cure trials with analytical treatment interruptionsHIV research & clinical practice · 2022Article
- Supporting the Growth of Domestic HIV Implementation Research in the United States Through Coordination, Consultation, and Collaboration: How We Got Here and Where We Are Headed.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2022Article
- The study of feasibility and acceptability of using HIV self-tests in high-risk Iranian populations (FSWs, MSM, and TGs): a cross-sectional study.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- The 4 Youth by Youth (4YBY) pragmatic trial to enhance HIV self-testing uptake and sustainability: Study protocol in Nigeria.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- Association between socio-economic factors and HIV self-testing knowledge amongst South African women.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2022Article
- HCV Self-Testing to Expand Testing: A Pilot Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Observational
- Values and preferences for hepatitis C self-testing among the general population and healthcare workers in Rwanda.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Syphilis Self-testing: A Nationwide Pragmatic Study Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020Article
- The 4 youth by youth HIV self-testing crowdsourcing contest: A qualitative evaluation.PloS one · 2020Article
- HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: a qualitative implementation research study.Journal of virus eradication · 2019Article
- Acceptability, perceived reliability and challenges associated with distributing HIV self-test kits to young MSM in Uganda: a qualitative study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Uptake of HIV self-testing and linkage to treatment among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria: A pilot programme using key opinion leaders to reach MSM.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Article
- The future of viral hepatitis testing: innovations in testing technologies and approaches.BMC infectious diseases · 2017Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo review methods for measuring HIV self-testing (HIVST) among key populations, including both conventional approaches and implementation science approaches.
methodsWe reviewed the literature on evaluating HIVST among key populations.
resultsSimple HIV self-tests have already entered markets in several regions, but metrics required to demonstrate the benefits and costs of HIVST remain simplistic. Conventional measurements of sensitivity, specificity, acceptability, and behavioural preferences must be supplemented with richer implementation science measurement tools and innovative research designs in order to capture data on the following components: how self-testing affects subsequent linkage to confirmatory testing, preventive services and onward steps in the HIV continuum of care; how self-testing can be marketed to reach untested subpopulations; and how self-testing can be sustained based on overarching organisational and financial models. We outline an implementation science research agenda that incorporates these components, drawing from evaluation study designs focused on HIVST and testing in general.
conclusionHIVST holds great promise for key populations, but must be guided by implementation research to inform programmes and scale up.
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