ArticleAmerican journal of men's health2018
"He Told Me to Check My Health": A Qualitative Exploration of Social Network Influence on Men's HIV Testing Behavior and HIV Self-Testing Willingness in Tanzania.
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- Social network-based approaches to HIV testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
- Men's perspectives on HIV self-testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Optimizing Peer Distribution of Syphilis Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: A Multi-City Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Trial
- Men's comfort in distributing or receiving HIV self-test kits from close male social network members in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: baseline results from the STEP project.BMC public health · 2021Trial
- Does community-based distribution of HIV self-tests increase uptake of HIV testing? Results of pair-matched cluster randomised trial in Zambia.BMJ global health · 2021Trial
- Few Aggressive or Violent Incidents are Associated with the Use of HIV Self-tests to Screen Sexual Partners Among Key Populations.AIDS and behavior · 2020Trial
- The Role of Health Networks in Disseminating Knowledge about Infant HIV Testing in Rural Uganda: Population-Based Sociocentric Network Study.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Determinants of HIV testing and oral PrEP uptake among youth at Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences: A cross-sectional study employing the Health Belief Model.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- "A heart of the man is lighter than that of the woman…" exploring men's motivation and capability to access HIV services in Lusaka, Zambia: findings from the Yaba Guy Che study.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Factors Influencing the Acceptability and Uptake of HIV Self-Testing Among Priority Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.Public health reviews · 2025Review
- Development and feasibility of the peer and nurse-led HIV Self-Testing Education and Promotion (STEP) intervention among social networks of men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: application of the ADAPT-ITT model.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Interest in and Willingness to Use PrEP: A Cross-Sectional Study of Individuals with Problematic Substance Use Residing in a High HIV Prevalence Jurisdiction.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Understanding male involvement in antenatal care in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania: Barriers, facilitators, and opportunities for engagement.Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives · 2024Article
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- Peer-based Promotion and Nurse-led Distribution of HIV Self-Testing Among Networks of Men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Development and Feasibility Results of the STEP Intervention.Research square · 2023Article
- The association between HIV self-test awareness and recent HIV testing uptake in the male population in Gambia: data analysis from 2019-2020 demographic and health survey.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Changing attitudes towards HIV testing and treatment among three generations of men in Cameroon: a qualitative analysis using the Fogg Behavior Model.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Factors associated with use of community-based, peer-led sexual and reproductive health services by adolescent boys and young men aged 18-24 in Lusaka, Zambia: A case control study nested in the Yathu Yathu trial.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Dimensions of Sexual Health Conversations among U.S. Black Heterosexual Couples.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Men continue to test for HIV at a low rate in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent quantitative evidence from sub-Saharan Africa indicates that encouragement to test for HIV from men's network members is associated with higher previous HIV testing and HIV self-testing (HIVST) willingness. Leveraging this positive network influence to promote HIVST among men is a promising strategy that could increase HIV testing. This study investigated the reasons and strategies men used to encourage their peers to test for HIV and the outcomes in order to inform the development of a social network-based HIVST intervention for men called STEP (Self-Testing Education and Promotion). Twenty-three men from networks locally referred to as "camps" were interviewed to explore reasons for encouraging HIV testing, strategies to encourage HIV testing, and outcomes of HIV testing encouragement. Reasons men reported for encouraging their peers to test for HIV included awareness of their peers' risky sexual behavior, knowing an HIV-positive peer, and having HIV testing experience. Strategies for encouraging testing included engaging in formal and informal conversations and accompanying friends to the clinic. Encouragement outcomes included HIV testing for some men while others remained untested due to lack of privacy in the clinic and fear of HIV stigma. Willingness to self-test for HIV and an interest to educate peers about HIVST were other outcomes of HIV testing encouragement. These findings underscore the potential of leveraging men's existing HIV testing encouragement strategies to promote HIVST among their peers.
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