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SynthesisAIDS care2017

Effectiveness of peer-led interventions to increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sylvia Shangani, Daniel Escudero, Kipruto Kirwa, Abigail Harrison, Brandon Marshall, Don Operario

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Synthesis in AIDS care, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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75citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sylvia Shangania Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences , Brown University, School of Public Health , Providencike , USA.
Daniel Escuderoc Department of Epidemiology , Brown University, School of Public Health , Providence , USA.
Kipruto Kirwab School of Public Health , Moi University , Eldoret , Kenya.
Abigail Harrisona Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences , Brown University, School of Public Health , Providencike , USA.
Brandon Marshallc Department of Epidemiology , Brown University, School of Public Health , Providence , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0134-7052
Don Operarioa Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences , Brown University, School of Public Health , Providencike , USA.
Brown University · USJohn Brown University · USMoi University · KE

Funding

Miriam/Brown/Tufts Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research ProgramD43TW000237 · FIC · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · PI CU-UVIN, SUSAN · 1993 to 2014
$10.6M
Partnerships for the Next Generation of HIV Social Science in South AfricaR24HD077976 · NICHD · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI COLVIN, CHRISTOPHER JAMES, LURIE, MARK NATHAN · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
Minority Populations Resource CoreU24AA022000 · NIAAA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI OPERARIO, DON · 2012 to 2015
$1.9M
mHealth and HIV self-testing for high-risk men in ChinaR34MH106349 · NIMH · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI OPERARIO, DON · 2015 to 2017
$650k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW000237NIAAA NIH HHS U24 AA022000NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD077976NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH106349
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HIV testing constitutes a key step along the continuum of HIV care. Men who have sex with men (MSM) have low HIV testing rates and delayed diagnosis, especially in low-resource settings. Peer-led interventions offer a strategy to increase testing rates in this population. This systematic review and meta-analysis summarizes evidence on the effectiveness of peer-led interventions to increase the uptake of HIV testing among MSM. Using a systematic review protocol that was developed a priori, we searched PubMed, PsycINFO and CINAHL for articles reporting original results of randomized or non-randomized controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental interventions, and pre- and post-intervention studies. Studies were eligible if they targeted MSM and utilized peers to increase HIV testing. We included studies published in or after 1996 to focus on HIV testing during the era of combination antiretroviral therapy. Seven studies encompassing a total of 6205 participants met eligibility criteria, including two quasi-experimental studies, four non-randomized pre- and-post intervention studies, and one cluster randomized trial. Four studies were from high-income countries, two were from Asia and only one from sub-Saharan Africa. We assigned four studies a "moderate" methodological rigor rating and three a "strong" rating. Meta-analysis of the seven studies found HIV testing rates were statistically significantly higher in the peer-led intervention groups versus control groups (pooled OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.74-2.31). Among randomized trials, HIV testing rates were significantly higher in the peer-led intervention versus control groups (pooled OR: 2.48, 95% CI 1.99-3.08). Among the non-randomized pre- and post-intervention studies, the overall pooled OR for intervention versus control groups was 1.71 (95% CI 1.42-2.06), with substantial heterogeneity among studies (I

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Homosexuality, MalePeer GroupAIDS SerodiagnosisHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansMaleHIV testinginterventionsmeta-analysisMSMPeerssystematic review

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PMID28150501
PMCPMC5570465
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