Trial reportBMC infectious diseases2018
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.
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A Crowdsourced Intervention to Promote Hepatitis B and C Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: a Nationwide Online Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- [Prevalence of viral hepatitis B and C in men who have sex with men enrolled in a demonstration study of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in Cotonou, Benin].The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- A randomized controlled trial enhancing viral hepatitis testing in primary care via digital crowdsourced intervention.NPJ digital medicine · 2022Article
- Ethical Issues in Social Media Recruitment for Clinical Studies: Ethical Analysis and Framework.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Review
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- How to make your research jump off the page: Co-creation to broaden public engagement in medical research.PLoS medicine · 2020Article
- When Public Health Research Meets Social Media: Knowledge Mapping From 2000 to 2018.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Review
- Crowdsourcing to promote hepatitis C testing and linkage-to-care in China: a randomized controlled trial protocol.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Social innovation in diagnostics: three case studies.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2020Review
- A crowdsourced intervention to decrease hepatitis B stigma in men who have sex with men in China: A cohort study.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2020Article
- A crowdsourced intervention to promote hepatitis B and C testing among men who have sex with men in China: A nationwide online randomized controlled trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2019Article
- Crowdsourcing to Improve HIV and Sexual Health Outcomes: a Scoping Review.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe World Health Organization recommends all men who have sex with men (MSM) receive Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) testing. MSM in China are a high-risk group for HBV and HCV infection, but test uptake is low. Crowdsourcing invites a large group to solve a problem and then shares the solution with the public. This nationwide online randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness of a crowdsourced intervention to increase HBV and HCV testing among MSM in China.
methodsSeven hundred MSM will be recruited through social media operated by MSM organizations in China. Eligible participants will be born biologically male, age 16 years or older, report previous anal sex with another man, and reside in China. After completing a baseline online survey, participants will be randomly assigned to intervention or control arms with a 1:1 allocation ratio. The intervention will include two components: (1) a multimedia component will deliver two videos and two images promoting HBV and HCV testing developed through a crowdsourcing contest in China; (2) a participatory component will invite men to submit suggestions for how to improve crowdsourced videos and images. The control arm will not view any images or videos and will not be invited to submit suggestions. All participants will be offered reimbursement for HBV and HCV testing costs. The primary outcome is HBV and HCV test uptake confirmed through electronic submission of test report photos within four weeks of enrolment. Secondary outcomes include self-reported HBV and HCV test uptake, HBV vaccination uptake, and change in stigma toward people living with HBV after four weeks. Primary and secondary outcomes will be calculated using intention to treat and as-exposed analyses and compared using two-sided 95% confidence intervals. DISCUSSION: Few previous studies have evaluated interventions to increase HBV and HCV testing in middle-income countries with a high burden of hepatitis. Delivering a crowdsourced intervention using social media is a novel approach to increasing hepatitis testing rates. HBV and HCV test uptake will be confirmed through test report photos, avoiding the limitations of self-reported testing outcomes.
trial registrationNCT03482388 (29 March 2018).
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