ArticleAIDS care2016
Bathhouse distribution of HIV self-testing kits reaches diverse, high-risk population.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Comparing the effects of HIV self-testing to standard HIV testing for key populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Can self-testing increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- HIV Self-Testing Increases HIV Testing Frequency in High-Risk Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2018Trial
- Comparison of Home-Based Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Self-Testing Versus Mail-in Blood Sample Collection or Medical/Community HIV Testing By Young Adult Black, Hispanic, and White MSM: Results from a Randomized Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2018Trial
- Use of Vending Machines to Deliver Oral Rapid HIV Self-Tests to Veterans: Protocol for a Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Co-delivery of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV testing among publicly insured adolescents and young adults (AYA) receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD).Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Acceptability of venue-based HIV testing and prevention interventions for men who have sex with transgender women and transgender women in Lima, Perú: a formative, qualitative study.HIV research & clinical practice · 2024Article
- Highlighting and addressing barriers to widespread adaptation of HIV self-testing in the United States.Expert review of molecular diagnostics · 2023Review
- The Co-evolution of online social networks and syphilis incidence among young black men who have sex with men.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- Social Network Interventions for HIV Transmission Elimination.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2020Review
- Five Waves of an Online HIV Self-Test Giveaway in New York City, 2015 to 2018.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2020Article
- Sex-on-premise venues, associated risk behaviors, and attitudes toward venue-based HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Lima, Perú.BMC public health · 2020Article
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- Development of an Agent-Based Model to Investigate the Impact of HIV Self-Testing Programs on Men Who Have Sex With Men in Atlanta and Seattle.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2018Article
- Acceptability of HIV Self-Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping Study.AIDS and behavior · 2018Review
- Ability to use oral fluid and fingerstick HIV self-testing (HIVST) among South African MSM.PloS one · 2018Article
- Vending machines in commercial sex venues to increase HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men.mHealth · 2018Article
- Global challenges in human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis coinfection among men who have sex with men.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2016Review
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Abstract
We distributed free OraQuick In-home HIV Test® kits to men at a gay bathhouse. Men were systematically selected to receive a coupon, which could be redeemed that night for an HIV self-testing kit. Those offered the coupon were asked to take an 11-item survey. About 181 men received coupons, of whom 92 (51%) accepted the coupon, and 61 (66%) men redeemed the coupon. Those who redeemed test kits and completed a survey (n = 53) were more ethnically diverse (χ(2) = 100.69, p < .01) than those receiving the coupon. More than half had not tested in the past 6 months (50%) or never tested (7%). Importantly, men who had never tested or who last tested more than 6 months ago were among those most likely to take the free test kit. We found bathhouse distribution could reach a population of men who have sex with men most in need of improved access to HIV testing. Future studies should consider means of improved follow-up and linkage to care for those who test positive.
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