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Crowdsourcing to promote HIV testing among MSM in China: study protocol for a stepped wedge randomized controlled trial.
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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
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Electronic and other new media technology interventions for HIV care and prevention: a systematic review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2020Pooled it
- Anticipated HIV stigma among HIV negative men who have sex with men in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Trial
- What happens after HIV self-testing? Results from a longitudinal cohort of Chinese men who have sex with men.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Trial
- 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
- A crowdsourced intervention to promote hepatitis B and C testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a nationwide online randomized controlled trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Trial
- Crowdsourcing to expand HIV testing among men who have sex with men in China: A closed cohort stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2018Trial
- Advancing Precision Public Health: an implementation science framework for HIV Cluster Detection and Response driven by molecular epidemiology.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Theory to Explore HIV Self-Testing Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Southwest China.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Crowdsourcing strategies to improve access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and China.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Stimulating training and access to HIV research experiences (STAR program): a protocol for a crowdsourced, project-based, implementation science training program using mixed-methods design.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A designathon to co-create HPV screening and vaccination approaches for mothers and daughters in Nigeria: findings from a community-led participatory event.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Tracking adaptation strategies of an HIV prevention intervention among youth in Nigeria: a theoretically informed case study analysis of the 4 Youth by Youth Project.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- Co-creation using crowdsourcing to promote PrEP adherence in China: study protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 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
- Evidence and implication of interventions across various socioecological levels to address HIV testing uptake among men who have sex with men in the United States: A systematic review.SAGE open medicine · 2022Review
- Prevalence and associated factors of HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in Ningbo, China: a cross-sectional study.AIDS research and therapy · 2021Article
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- High HIV Incidence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in 8 Chinese Cities: Results From a Trial.Open forum infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Crowdsourcing contests to facilitate community engagement in HIV cure research: a qualitative evaluation of facilitators and barriers of participation.BMC public health · 2020Article
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- Erratum issued
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2 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundHIV testing for marginalized populations is critical to controlling the HIV epidemic. However, the HIV testing rate among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China remains low. Crowdsourcing, the process of shifting individual tasks to a group, has been increasingly adopted in public health programs and may be a useful tool for spurring innovation in HIV testing campaigns. We designed a multi-site study to develop a crowdsourced HIV test promotion campaign and evaluate its effectiveness against conventional campaigns among MSM in China.
methodsThis study will use an adaptation of the stepped wedge, randomized controlled trial design. A total of eight major metropolitan cities in China will be randomized to sequentially initiate interventions at 3-month intervals. The intervention uses crowdsourcing at multiple steps to sustain crowd contribution. Approximately 1280 MSM, who are 16 years of age or over, live in the intervention city, have not been tested for HIV in the past 3 months, and are not living with HIV, will be recruited. Recruitment will take place through banner advertisements on a large gay dating app along with other social media platforms. Participants will complete one follow-up survey every 3 months for 12 months to evaluate their HIV testing uptake in the past 3 months and secondary outcomes including syphilis testing, sex without condoms, community engagement, testing stigma, and other related outcomes. DISCUSSION: MSM HIV testing rates remain poor in China. Innovative methods to promote HIV testing are urgently needed. With a large-scale, stepped wedge, randomized controlled trial our study can improve understanding of crowdsourcing's long-term effectiveness in public health campaigns, expand HIV testing coverage among a key population, and inform intervention design in related public health fields.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02796963 . Registered on 23 May 2016.
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