Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41870871›Full record

ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

Reach and effectiveness outcomes of the "I'm Ready" HIV self-testing program in Black communities in Canada.

Wale Ajiboye, Jason Lo Hog Tian, Wangari Tharao, Maureen Owino, Lena Soje, Kristin McBain, Amy Ly, Reena Anthonyraj, David Este, Mary Ndung'u and 5 more

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Wale AjiboyeMAP Center for Urban Health Solution, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Wale.ajiboye@unityhealth.to.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-2895
Jason Lo Hog TianMAP Center for Urban Health Solution, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Wangari TharaoWomen's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Maureen OwinoFaculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Lena SojeWomen's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Kristin McBainMAP Center for Urban Health Solution, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Amy LyWomen's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Reena AnthonyrajMAP Center for Urban Health Solution, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
David EsteFaculty of Social Works, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Mary Ndung'uWomen's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Roger AntabeDepartment of Health and Society, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON, Canada.
Notisha MassaquoiDepartment of Health and Society, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON, Canada.
Lawrence MbuagbawDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
LaRon NelsonSchool of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, ON, Canada.
Sean RourkeMAP Center for Urban Health Solution, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesHIV self-testing is a strategy to scale up HIV testing for communities that face significant barriers to facility-based testing services. The I'm Ready program-an integrated technology solution-is an implementation strategy designed to promote the uptake and use of HIV self-testing kits in Canada. The objective of this study is to examine the reach and effectiveness of the I'm Ready program among Black people in Canada.

methodWe performed a secondary analysis of data for Black people who participated in the I'm Ready implementation study from June 2021 to Dec 2023. We defined reach as the number and percentage of persons with indications for HIV testing who accessed the intervention and effectiveness as the number and percentage of those who ordered test kits and reported test results through the app. Participants' characteristics and variables of interest were summarized using descriptive statistics.

resultsOverall, 3082 (22%-3082/14,071) Black participants accessed the intervention between June 2021 and December 2023. The intervention reached a majority (86%-1846/2141) of Black people with indications for HIV testing who were either first-time testers (38%-824/2190) or had not tested in the previous 1 year (33%-712/2190). Overall, 29% (894/3082) ordered test kits through the app and 31% (274/894) of those who ordered test kits reported their test results. The majority (72%-240/333) of the test results were negative, 26% (87/333) were invalid, and 2% (6/333) of the results reported were positive.

conclusionThe I'm Ready program reached Black people with indications for HIV testing and facilitated the uptake of HIV self-testing. It could be a potential way to increase HIV testing in Black communities in Canada.

Indexed as

Black people in CanadaHIV self-testingImplementation outcomes“I’m Ready” program

Identifiers

PMID41870871

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.