ReviewCurrent HIV/AIDS reports2020
The Evidence for HIV Self-Testing to Increase HIV Testing Rates and the Implementation Challenges that Remain.
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- Participants and Recipients in Social Network Distribution of HIV Self-Testing Kits Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2025Trial
- After the program ends: HIV testing behavior among men who have sex when men after the conclusion of a program providing regular home delivery of HIV self-testing kits.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Trial
- The economic costs and cost-effectiveness of HIV self-testing among truck drivers in Kenya.Health policy and planning · 2024Trial
- Preferences, beliefs, and attitudes about oral fluid and blood-based HIV self-testing among truck drivers in Kenya choosing not to test for HIV.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- Detailed HIV Self-Testing Patterns Derived from Paradata in the mLab App Clinical Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- HIV Self-Test Program Preferences Among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Southern United States: A Discrete Choice Experiment.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- HIV self-testing preferences among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in urban settings in Uganda: A discrete choice experiment.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Delivering HIV-Positive Test Results via Phone: Who Never Answered? Correlates of Undelivered Reactive HIV Results in a U.S. National Cohort of Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Syphilis self-testing and implications for syphilis control and prevention.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2025Article
- Oral fluid versus blood in HIV self-testing: A step towards "95-95-95" targets of the UNAIDS?Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease · 2025Review
- The impact of community-based HIV self-testing dissemination on the HIV testing system at the county level.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- A prospective multi-site study to evaluate the performance and usability of an oral fluid-based HIV self-test in Canada.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of oral HIV self testing according to distribution models in Cameroon.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Clients' and providers' perspectives in informing a digital health intervention to improve linkage to care after Index HIV self-testing in Hai and Moshi Districts, Tanzania.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Perceptions of HIV self-testing promotion in black barbershop businesses: implications for equitable engagement of black-owned small businesses for public health programs.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Accuracy of and preferences for blood-based versus oral-fluid-based HIV self-testing in Malawi: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Measuring the performance of computer vision artificial intelligence to interpret images of HIV self-testing results.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Awareness and willingness to use HIV self-testing among people who inject drugs in Iran.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Implementation determinants of HIV Self-Testing among young sexual minority men.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWe describe the evidence regarding the impact of offering HIV self-testing (HIVST) and explore the gaps that need to be filled to design and implement HIVST programs. RECENT
findingsNumerous randomized controlled trials found that offering HIVST increases HIV testing rates. However, these trials used an oral HIVST that was provided for free and there is no research examining the impact of offering blood-based (finger prick) kits or charging for HIVST kits. The trials also used various methods for distributing the HIVST kits, but there is little research comparing distribution methods. Study participants varied in the HIV testing method they chose when given choices, suggesting that offering multiple HIV testing options may be needed to maximize testing rates. Despite the consistent finding that offering HIVST increases HIV testing rates, questions remain that need to be answered in order to maximize the potential of this new biomedical technology.
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