ArticleBMC public health2021
A randomized controlled trial of an mHealth intervention for increasing access to HIV testing and care among young cisgender men and transgender women: the mLab App study protocol.
Article in BMC public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03803683 (mLab App for Improving Uptake of Rapid HIV Self-testing and Linking Youth to Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.
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mLab App for Improving Uptake of Rapid HIV Self-testing and Linking Youth to Care
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Developing a Novel Mobile App to Support HIV Testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Formative and Technical Pilot Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Trial
- Different Classes of HIV-Preventive Behavioral Intention Among Youths Vulnerable to HIV Acquisition.AIDS and behavior · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of the mLab App: a randomized clinical trial for increasing HIV testing uptake using mobile technology.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025Trial
- Assessing Preferences for Long-Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Young Adult Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women.Academic pediatricsTrial
- Exploring digital health user engagement: General app usage patterns from a clinical trial with the mLab App.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Detailed HIV Self-Testing Patterns Derived from Paradata in the mLab App Clinical Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- HIV testing experiences and perceptions among Black transgender and nonbinary people in New Orleans, LA.Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services · 2026Article
- Exploring Gender Bias in AI for Personalized Medicine: Focus Group Study With Trans Community Members.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Three limited interaction approaches to understanding the epidemiology of HIV among YMSM in the US.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Social Marketing Perspective on Participant Recruitment in Informatics-Based Intervention Studies.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Usability of a Mobile Health Technology for HIV Testing Among Sexual Minorities.Studies in health technology and informatics · 2024Article
- Formative Evaluation of the Acceptance of HIV Prevention Artificial Intelligence Chatbots By Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: Focus Group Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Self-Testing as a Hope to Reduce HIV in Transgender Women-Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe number of youth living with HIV in the United States (US) continues to rise, and racial, ethnic, and sexual minority youth including young men who have sex with men (YMSM) and young transgender women (YTGW) bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic. Due to social and healthcare system factors, many YMSM and YTGW do not seek HIV testing services and are therefore less likely to be aware that they are infected. Mobile health technology (mHealth) has the ability to increase uptake of HIV testing among these populations. Thus, the mLab App-which combines HIV prevention information with a mobile phone imaging feature for interpreting at-home HIV test results-was developed to improve testing rates and linkage to care among Black, Latino, and other YMSM and YTGW living in New York City and Chicago and their surrounding areas.
methodsThis study is a three-arm randomized controlled trial among YMSM and YTGW aged 18-29 years. Participants are randomized to either the mLab App intervention including HIV home test kits and standard of preventive care, standard of preventive care only, or HIV home test kits and standard of preventive care only. DISCUSSION: mHealth technology used for HIV prevention is capable of delivering interventions in real-time, which creates an opportunity to remotely reach users across the country to strengthen their HIV care continuum engagement and treatment outcomes. Specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic, mHealth technology combined with at-home testing may prove to be essential in increasing HIV testing rates, especially among populations at high-risk or without regular access to HIV testing.
trial registrationThis trial was registered with Clinicaltrials.gov ( NCT03803683 ) on January 14, 2019.
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