ArticleAIDS and behavior2019
Distribution of HIV Self-tests by HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men to Social and Sexual Contacts.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Counseling Supporting HIV Self-Testing and Linkage to Care Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Pooled it
- Comparing the effects of HIV self-testing to standard HIV testing for key populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2020Pooled it
- A community-based participatory research approach to the development, refinement, and distribution of Test-to-PrEP: a peer-to-peer distributed at-home HIV self-test and prevention information kit in Miami-Dade, Florida.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- THE EFFECT OF PARTNER DELIVERY OF HIV SELF-TEST KITS ON HIV TESTING AND LINKAGE TO CARE IN PUBLIC CLINICS IN KENYA.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- Understanding the cost-utility of implementing HIV self-testing with digital-based supports.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Distribution of HIV Self-tests by Men Who have Sex with Men (MSM) to Social Network Associates.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Effective strategies to promote HIV self-testing for men who have sex with men: Evidence from a mathematical model.Epidemics · 2021Article
- Social Media-Based Secondary Distribution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Self-testing Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Social network distribution of syphilis self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Law, human rights and gender in practice: an analysis of lessons from implementation of self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2021Article
- High willingness to use novel HIV and bacterial sexually transmitted infection partner notification, testing, and treatment strategies among gay and bisexual men.Sexually transmitted infections · 2020Article
- Five Waves of an Online HIV Self-Test Giveaway in New York City, 2015 to 2018.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2020Article
- Implementation of HIV Self-Testing Program in New York City-Reply.JAMA internal medicine · 2020Article
- Web-Supported Social Network Testing for HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men With a Migration Background: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Can the United States achieve 90-90-90?Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2019Review
- Community-led HIV testing services including HIV self-testing and assisted partner notification services in Vietnam: lessons from a pilot study in a concentrated epidemic setting.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
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Abstract
HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) were recruited on www.Facebook.com and www.Poz.com to give HIV self-tests to their contacts. Study participants completed a baseline survey, were given two self-tests, and completed a survey 2 months later. Of 133 eligible men, 40 (30%) completed both surveys. Most participants were 30-54 years old and non-Hispanic white. Some had a detectable viral load (n = 4), had condomless anal sex with male partners of negative or unknown status (n = 17), and had met anal sex partners at gay dating websites (n = 23). Of 80 self-tests given to participants, 59 (74%) were distributed, primarily to non-Hispanic white MSM, 30-54 years old who were friends. Participants reported results from 31 distributed tests; 2 sex partners of participants had positive results. Participants indicated these two persons were unaware of their infections. Expanding recruitment websites might reach non-white MSM. Unrecognized infections were identified through online recruitment and self-test distribution via HIV-positive persons.
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