Trial reportClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2016
Crowdsourcing HIV Test Promotion Videos: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial in China.
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Crowdsourcing Versus Conventional HIV Testing Promotion: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Promoting First-Time HIV Testing Among MSM and Transgender Individuals in China
Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases (IGHID) 11604 - Crowdsourcing to Promote HIV Testing: A Stepped Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Promoting HIV Testing in China
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90 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Impact of Behavioural Economics-Informed Interventions on the Care Cascade for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2026Pooled it
- Technology-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for Men Who Have Sex With Men: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Demand creation for HIV testing services: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Mass media and communication interventions to increase HIV testing among gay and other men who have sex with men: Social marketing and visual design component analysis.Health (London, England : 1997) · 2022Pooled it
- A qualitative examination of affect and ideology within mass media interventions to increase HIV testing with gay men garnered from a systematic review.British journal of health psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Association of nitrite inhalants use and unprotected anal intercourse and HIV/syphilis infection among MSM in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Using Digital Communication Technology to Increase HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Crowdsourcing in health and medical research: a systematic review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2020Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Social Marketing Interventions to Improve HIV Testing Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2019Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions Addressing HIV/STI Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.AIDS and behavior · 2019Pooled it
- What are mass media interventions made of? Exploring the active content of interventions designed to increase HIV testing in gay men within a systematic review.British journal of health psychology · 2019Pooled it
- Stakeholder engagement to inform HIV clinical trials: a systematic review of the evidence.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Pooled it
- Mapping of Crowdsourcing in Health: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Social Media Interventions to Promote HIV Testing, Linkage, Adherence, and Retention: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Digital, Crowdsourced, Multilevel Intervention to Promote HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- A differentiated digital intervention to improve antiretroviral therapy adherence among men who have sex with men living with HIV in China: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2022Trial
- Effect of a Popular Web Drama Video Series on HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Singapore: Community-Based, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Impact of providing free HIV self-testing kits on frequency of testing among men who have sex with men and their sexual partners in China: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2020Trial
- Reimagining Health Communication: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial of Crowdsourced Intervention in China.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2019Trial
- Leading by Example: Web-Based Sexual Health Influencers Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Have Higher HIV and Syphilis Testing Rates in China.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Trial
30 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundCrowdsourcing, the process of shifting individual tasks to a large group, may enhance human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing interventions. We conducted a noninferiority, randomized controlled trial to compare first-time HIV testing rates among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender individuals who received a crowdsourced or a health marketing HIV test promotion video.
methodsSeven hundred twenty-one MSM and transgender participants (≥16 years old, never before tested for HIV) were recruited through 3 Chinese MSM Web portals and randomly assigned to 1 of 2 videos. The crowdsourced video was developed using an open contest and formal transparent judging while the evidence-based health marketing video was designed by experts. Study objectives were to measure HIV test uptake within 3 weeks of watching either HIV test promotion video and cost per new HIV test and diagnosis.
resultsOverall, 624 of 721 (87%) participants from 31 provinces in 217 Chinese cities completed the study. HIV test uptake was similar between the crowdsourced arm (37% [114/307]) and the health marketing arm (35% [111/317]). The estimated difference between the interventions was 2.1% (95% confidence interval, -5.4% to 9.7%). Among those tested, 31% (69/225) reported a new HIV diagnosis. The crowdsourced intervention cost substantially less than the health marketing intervention per first-time HIV test (US$131 vs US$238 per person) and per new HIV diagnosis (US$415 vs US$799 per person).
conclusionsOur nationwide study demonstrates that crowdsourcing may be an effective tool for improving HIV testing messaging campaigns and could increase community engagement in health campaigns. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT02248558.
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