SynthesisAIDS and behavior2021
A Systematic Review of the Social Network Strategy to Optimize HIV Testing in Key Populations to End the Epidemic in the United States.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Social Network-Based Strategies for HIV Testing Among Women: A Systematic Review.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Pooled it
- Motivations, Facilitators, and Barriers of Donation-Based Interventions in HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Research: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Challenges in Elucidating HIV-1 Genetic Diversity in the Middle East and North Africa: A Review Based on a Systematic Search.Viruses · 2025Pooled it
- Social network strategies to distribute HIV self-testing kits: a global systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
- Communication to promote and support physical distancing for COVID-19 prevention and control: a rapid reviewThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- A Serious Video Game Targeting HIV Testing and Counseling: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Trial
- Delivery of WeChat-Based HIV Result e-Reports in Social Networks for Recruitment of High-Risk Population: Baseline Data From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities for HIV Treatment and Prevention.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2026Article
- Drug Use and Social Connectivity Related to Hepatitis C Infection Among Rural People Who Use Drugs.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2026Article
- Harnessing Egocentric Networks to Inform an Enhanced Social Network Strategy in a Southern US "Ending the HIV Epidemic" Region.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- Application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Theory to Explore HIV Self-Testing Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Southwest China.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- COVID-19 prevention behaviors are congruent within social networks of disenfranchised Hispanic and criminal legal involved community members.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dual cross-sectional and longitudinal perspective on the continuum of HIV care to disentangle natural epidemic evolution from real progress, Belgium 2014-2022.HIV medicine · 2025Article
- Test-to-PrEP: An Egocentric Approach to Promoting HIV Discussions and Resource Sharing in PrEP Clients' Social Networks.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- The peer paradox: Perspectives from HIV service providers to inform the implementation of an enhanced social network strategy for black sexual and gender minorities-a qualitative study.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of a social network-based, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention among men in two Ugandan fishing communities, 2022.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Integration of a social network strategy into index testing to increase HIV case finding among Haitian migrants and their descendants in the Dominican Republic.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Social network strategy (SNS) for HIV testing: a new approach for identifying individuals with undiagnosed HIV infection in Tanzania.AIDS care · 2024Article
- Evaluation of a video to promote HIV testing in sexual minorities.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Social Network Strategies to Distribute HIV Self-testing Kits: A Global Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
The United States (U.S.) has a plan to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. The plan's first pillar prioritizes HIV testing. Social Network Strategy (SNS) is an intervention to reach persons not routinely testing for HIV. We conducted a systematic review of SNS to understand its implementation to optimize HIV testing in the U.S. among key populations. The eligibility criteria included peer-reviewed papers based in the U.S. and focused on HIV testing. We identified and thematically analyzed 14 articles to explore factors associated with successful implementation. Key themes included: (1) social network and recruiter characteristics; (2) strategies for and effectiveness of recruiting key populations; (3) use of and types of incentives; (4) trust, confidentiality, and stigma concerns; and (5) implementation plans and real-world guidance. Cohort studies indicated that SNS detects more incident HIV cases. Partnerships with health departments are critical to confirm new diagnoses, as are developing plans that support recruiters and staff. SNS is a promising strategy to optimize HIV testing among key populations.
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