ArticleMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report2021
Increasing Access to HIV Testing Through Direct-to-Consumer HIV Self-Test Distribution - United States, March 31, 2020-March 30, 2021.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Counseling Supporting HIV Self-Testing and Linkage to Care Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Pooled it
- Feasibility and Usability of an mHealth App (mLab+) to Guide Users Through HIV and Syphilis Self-Testing: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- The effects of regular home delivery of HIV self-testing and follow-up counselling on HIV testing and prevention outcomes in men who have sex with men who test infrequently in the United States: a pragmatic, virtual randomized controlled trial.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Trial
- Factors associated with mobile app-based ordering of HIV self-test kits among men who have sex with men in Atlanta, Detroit and New York City: an exploratory secondary analysis of a randomized control trial.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Trial
- HIV self-testing and the global diagnostic gap: Addressing a decade of missed opportunity.PLoS medicine · 2026Article
- Detailed HIV Self-Testing Patterns Derived from Paradata in the mLab App Clinical Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Pilot Study of Social Media Promotion of Home-Based Self-Testing for Syphilis.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2026Article
- Integrating Mobile Text Messaging Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Navigation Services Into a Home HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Self-Testing Program in the United States: Formative Work and Pilot Implementation Study.JMIR formative research · 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
- The Potential Impact of Federal Funding Cuts on Access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Atlanta, Georgia: Geographic Modeling Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- HIV Prevention Continuum Outcomes Following Implementation of a Municipal HIV Self-Testing Program.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Cost and cost-effectiveness of online recruitment to increase HIV self-testing among Black and Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men in the United States, 2020-2021.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- The impact of community-based HIV self-testing dissemination on the HIV testing system at the county level.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
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- Towards Ending AIDS: The Additional Role of HIV Self-Testing in Thailand.Global health, science and practice · 2024Article
- Low Level of Accurate Knowledge of Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U = U) Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Challenges U = U Achievement in Chengdu, Southwestern China.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
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- Willingness to Be Contacted via a Patient Portal for Health Screening, Research Recruitment, and at-Home Self-Test Kits for Health Monitoring: Pilot Quantitative Survey.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Findings from the First Year of a Federally Funded, Direct-to-Consumer HIV Self-Test Distribution Program - United States, March 2023-March 2024.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2024Article
- AIDSVu Cities' Progress Toward HIV Care Continuum Goals: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
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Abstract
During 2019, approximately 34,800 new HIV infections occurred in the United States (1), and it is estimated that approximately 80% of HIV transmission occurs from persons who either do not know they have HIV infection or are not receiving regular care (2). Since 2006, CDC has recommended that persons who are disproportionately affected by HIV (including men who have sex with men [MSM]) should test for HIV at least annually (3,4). However, data from multiple sources indicate that these recommendations are not being fully implemented (5,6). TakeMeHome, a novel public-private partnership to deliver HIV self-testing kits to persons seeking HIV testing in the United States, was launched during March 2020 as home care options for testing became increasingly important during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiation of the program coincided with the national COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration, issuance of stay-at-home orders, and other restrictions that led to disruption of traditional HIV testing services. During March 31, 2020-March 30, 2021, 17 state and local health departments participating in the program allowed residents of their jurisdictions to order test kits. Marketing for TakeMeHome focused on reaching gay, bisexual, and MSM through messages and embedded links in gay dating applications. Most participants in the program reported that they had either never tested for HIV (36%) or that they had last tested >1 year before receiving their self-test kit (56%). After receiving the self-test kit, >10% of respondents reported accessing additional prevention services. Health departments can increase options for HIV testing by distributing publicly funded self-test kits to persons without proximate access to clinic-based testing or who prefer to test at home. Increased and regular HIV testing among MSM will help meet annual testing goals.
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