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ArticleHIV medicine2017

Acceptability and feasibility of a social entrepreneurship testing model to promote HIV self-testing and linkage to care among men who have sex with men.

F Zhong, W Tang, W Cheng, P Lin, Q Wu, Y Cai, S Tang, L Fan, Y Zhao, X Chen and 4 more

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Article in HIV medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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62citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

F ZhongGuangzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangzhou, China.
W TangUniversity of North Carolina Project-China, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
W ChengGuangzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangzhou, China.
P LinGuangdong Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangdong, China.
Q WuGuangdong Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangdong, China.
Y CaiGuangzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangzhou, China.
S TangUniversity of North Carolina Project-China, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
L FanGuangzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangzhou, China.
Y ZhaoGuangzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangzhou, China.
X ChenGuangzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangzhou, China.
J MaoUniversity of North Carolina Project-China, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
G MengLingnan Partners Community Support Center, Guangzhou Tongzhi, Guangzhou, China.
J D TuckerUniversity of North Carolina Project-China, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
H XuGuangzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangzhou, China.
Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USGuangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNCommunity Partners · US

Funding

Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology CoreP30AI050410 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DAVID M. MARGOLIS · 2001 to 2026
$76.9M
Fogarty Global Health Fellows Coordinating CenterR25TW009340 · FIC · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CHI, BENJAMIN H. · 2012 to 2016
$6.9M
Spurring Innovation in HIV Testing and Linkage: A Crowdsourcing Approach -Diversity SupplementR01AI114310 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI TUCKER, JOSEPH DAVID, WEI, CHONGYI · 2014 to 2018
$3.3M
UNC-South China STD Research Training CenterD43TW009532 · FIC · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COHEN, MYRON SCOTT, TUCKER, JOSEPH DAVID · 2013 to 2017
$1.3M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009532FIC NIH HHS R25 TW009340NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI050410NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesHIV self-testing (HIVST) offers an opportunity to increase HIV testing among people not reached by facility-based services. However, the promotion of HIVST is limited as a consequence of insufficient community engagement. We built a social entrepreneurship testing (SET) model to promote HIVST linkage to care among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) in Guangzhou.

methodsThe SET model includes a few key steps. Each participant first completed an online survey, and paid a US$23 (refundable) deposit to receive an HIVST kit and a syphilis self-testing (SST) kit. After the testing, the results were sent to the platform by the participants and interpreted by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff. Meanwhile, the deposit was returned to each participant. Finally, the Community based organizations (CBO) contacted the participants to provide counselling services, confirmation testing and linkage to care.

resultsDuring April-June 2015, a total of 198 MSM completed a preliminary survey and purchased self-testing kits. The majority were aged < 34 years (84.4%) and met partners online (93.1%). In addition, 68.9% of participants had ever been tested for HIV, and 19.5% had ever performed HIVST. Overall, feedback was received from 192 participants (97.0%). Of these participants, 14 people did not use the kits; among those who did use the kits, the HIV and syphilis prevalences were 4.5% (eight of 178) and 3.7% (six of 178), respectively. All of the screened HIV-positive individuals sought further confirmation testing and were linked to care.

conclusionsUsing an online SET model to promote HIV and syphilis self-testing among Chinese MSM is acceptable and feasible, and this model adds a new testing platform to the current testing service system.

Indexed as

Health Services AccessibilityHomosexuality, MaleInterpersonal RelationsPatient Acceptance of Health CareAdultChinaEntrepreneurshipHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedSelf-ExaminationYoung AdultHIVmen who have sex with menself-testingsocial entrepreneurship

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PMID27601301
PMCPMC5340630
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