ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Preference towards HIV Self-Testing above Other Testing Options in a Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men from Five European Countries.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Factors Associated with Mobile App Ordering of HIV Self-test Kits and Reporting of Results Among Black People in Canada: Analysis of Data from "I'm Ready" National HIV Self-testing Implementation Study.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Assessment of knowledge and use of HIV primary and secondary prevention strategies in Portugal: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Reach and effectiveness outcomes of the "I'm Ready" HIV self-testing program in Black communities in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Citizens' perspectives on relocating care: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Availability and accessibility of HIV self-tests and self-sample kits at community pharmacies in the Netherlands.AIDS research and therapy · 2023Article
- HIV self-testing for men who have sex with men in Sweden. A cross-sectional study concerning interest to use HIV self-tests.Global health action · 2022Article
- HIV and STI Testing Preferences for Men Who Have Sex with Men in High-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Knowledge and Prior Use of HIV Self-Testing in Madrid and Barcelona among Men Who Have Sex with Men More than One Year after Its Legal Authorization in Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
We analyzed men who have sex with men (MSM) from Denmark, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Spain to identify who would choose HIV self-testing as their preferred testing method and assessed their preferred setting to acquire a self-testing kit and to confirm a reactive result. In 2016, we recruited an online sample of 3725 HIV-negative MSM. We used Poisson regression to identify factors associated with choosing self-testing as the preferred testing option. For those choosing it as their preferred option, we assessed the preferred settings to acquire a self-testing kit and to confirm a reactive result. Not being open about one's sexual behaviors with men was associated with choosing self-testing as the preferred option, except in Greece; older age in Greece and Spain; reporting condomless anal intercourses (CAI) in Germany and Portugal; reporting one previous test in Greece; between 2 and 5 in Spain and with having been tested ≥ 12 months ago in Germany, Portugal and Spain. The internet (32.8%) was the preferred place to acquire a self-testing kit and primary care (34.0%) for confirmation purposes. Self-testing was highly valued, especially among individuals who were not open about their sexual behaviors with men. In certain countries, it was also associated with older age, CAI and being undertested.
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