ArticleHarm reduction journal2022
The study of feasibility and acceptability of using HIV self-tests in high-risk Iranian populations (FSWs, MSM, and TGs): a cross-sectional study.
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- The HIV Landscape for Transgender Women Living in Southwest Asia and North Africa: A Scoping Review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2026Article
- HIV counsellors' knowledge and attitudes on HIV self-testing: A qualitative study in Eswatini.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
- The study of acceptability HIV self-testing among Iranian injecting drug users: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Awareness and willingness to use HIV self-testing among people who inject drugs in Iran.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Assessing secular trends in HIV rapid diagnostic test uptake and positivity in Northeast Iran, a country in MENA region; ingredients for target-specific prevention policies.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using the HIV self-test in high-risk Iranian groups (MSM, FSWs, and TGs).
methodsThis study was a mixed study designed as a quantitative-qualitative study conducted between October 1, 2020, and June 22, 2021, in Tehran and Karaj, Iran. The sample size needed for this study generally was 1000 people, including FSWs, MSM, and transgender individuals. Convenience and snowball sampling methods were used to collect the samples.
resultsA total of 930 eligible respondents were enrolled in the study, of whom 456 (49%) were female and 49 (5.3%) were transgender (98% of TGs were male to female), and their mean age was 33.63 years (10.54 SD). The feasibility of using HIV self-tests in Iranian high-risk groups was significantly high. The majority of participants (97%) did not have any confidentiality problems while preparing or performing the test. In general, feasibility was assessed based on five questions. The overall feasibility score was 6.33 (0.824 SD). Taking tests, reading HIV test results, finding a safe place to do the test, and accessing HIV self-tests showed a high average.
conclusionHIV self-testing was highly acceptable and feasible among high-risk populations, so routine HIV testing was efficiently possible.
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