SynthesisAIDS and behavior2019
A Systematic Review of Interventions that Promote Frequent HIV Testing.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Demand creation for HIV testing services: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2023Pooled it
- AEGIDA: Results of a Pilot Randomized Trial of an HIV Self-Testing Intervention for Women Who Exchange Sex and Use Substances in Kazakhstan.AIDS and behavior · 2026Trial
- Randomized Controlled Trial Testing an HIV/STI Prevention Intervention Among People Leaving Incarceration Who Were Assigned Male at Birth, Have Sex with Men and A Substance Use Disorder.AIDS and behavior · 2025Trial
- Financial incentives and deposit contracts to promote HIV retesting in Uganda: A randomized trial.PLoS medicine · 2021Trial
- Appointment reminders to increase uptake of HIV retesting by at-risk individuals: a randomized controlled study in Thailand.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2020Trial
- A pilot randomized trial of incentive strategies to promote HIV retesting in rural Uganda.PloS one · 2020Trial
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- Trends in Sexual Health of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men, and Transgender Individuals: Apps Driven Testing Program for HIV and Other STIs in Barcelona, Spain (2016-2023).Journal of community health · 2024Article
- Scaling Up HIV Self-Testing and Linkage to Care Among Women Who Exchange Sex and/or Use Drugs in Kazakhstan.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2024Article
- Mobile Phone-Based Confidential Social Network Referrals for HIV Testing (CONSORT): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Testing, diagnosis, and treatment following the implementation of a program to provide dried blood spot testing for HIV and hepatitis C infections: the NSW DBS Pilot.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- "I told myself, be bold and go and test": Motivators and barriers to HIV testing among gay, bisexual, and other cis-gender men who have sex with men in Ghana ‒ West Africa.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Acceptability and Feasibility of Peer-to-Peer Text Messaging Among Adolescents to Increase Clinic Visits and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing: Interrupted Times-Series Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Lessons from management of syphilis in Nunavut, Canada, 2012-2020.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2022Article
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- Feasibility and efficacy of text messaging to promote care among trauma patients screened for HIV at an urban emergency department in Tanzania.International journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Text message reminders and peer education increase HIV and Syphilis testing among female sex workers: a pilot quasi-experimental study in Uganda.BMC health services research · 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
- Diagnostic Infectious Diseases Testing Outside Clinics: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2020Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
As of 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV testing guidelines recommend that those at increased risk for HIV are tested two to four times per year. Evidence-based interventions that promote frequent and repeated testing remain sparse. We conducted a systematic review to: (1) identify frequent testing interventions; and (2) determine which were successful in increasing frequent testing rates. We searched PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Embase, and CINAHL for peer-reviewed articles published between January 1, 2010 and September 30, 2017. Ten studies met inclusion criteria. Operationalization of frequent HIV testing varied widely across studies. Four interventions involved text message reminders for HIV testing, three involved community-based testing, two self-testing, and one rapid testing. Text message reminder interventions were most successful in increasing rates of frequent HIV testing. Future research should standardize frequent testing measurement to allow for more robust comparisons of intervention efficacy.
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