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Arguments for and against HIV self-testing

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2014
Brian R Wood,1 Carl Ballenger,1 Joanne D Stekler1,21Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 2Public Health, Seattle and King County HIV/STD Program, Seattle, WA, USA Abstract: Approximately 60% of human ...
Wood BR, Ballenger C, Stekler JD
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Public readiness for HIV self-testing in Kenya [PDF]

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 2016
High interest and a growing body of evidence suggest that HIV self-testing could help fill the HIV testing gap for populations who have been hesitant to access testing services through current mechanisms. Evidence from five of six studies funded by 3ie answers questions posed by the Kenyan government to understand the readiness of Kenyans for HIV self ...
Annette Brown, Anna Heard
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Prevalence of HIV self-testing and associated factors among men who have sex with men in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundHIV self-testing has been promoted globally as an effective complement to facility-based testing, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM).
Tianyu Tan, Bo Tan, Guohui Wu, Chao Zhou, Long Li, Chongyang Bai, Jing Lin, Yaping He, Hehong Jiang, Wei Zhang, Rongrong Lu, Xingjian Luo   +11 more
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Promoting STI self‐testing through HIV self‐testing

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2023
Dongya Wang, Rayner Tan, Gifty Marley, Joseph D. Tucker, Weiming Tang   +4 more
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HIV testing uptake and the effect of health education on HIV self-testing among undergraduate students in public universities in Imo State, Nigeria [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Africa bears the highest global burden of HIV/AIDS, with young people disproportionately affected. University students are at increased risk of HIV infection due to campus-related lifestyle factors.
Chinelo Judith Ezelote, Obinna Godwin Udujih, Ifeoma Helen Udujih, Samuel Chinonyerem Okoronkwo, Basil Izuchukwu, Rita Ogechi Chukwu, Anthony Chukwudi Chinyere, Chinonyerem Bishop Ewurum, Ifeanyichukwu Philip Uwaezuoke   +8 more
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HIV self-testing in cis women in Canada: The GetaKit study [PDF]

Women's Health
Background: In light of ongoing HIV diagnoses among cis women, despite decreases in other populations, such as men who have sex with men, various testing approaches, including HIV self-tests are being targeted at cis women as a means of identifying ...
Lauren Orser, Alexandra Musten, Hannah Newman, Molly Bannerman, Marlene Haines, Jennifer Lindsay, Patrick O’Byrne   +6 more
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HIV self-testing relative to the landscape of HIV testing in Ontario, Canada. [PDF]

Int J STD AIDS
Background HIV self-testing may help achieve the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets because it has the potential to increase testing among equity-denied communities. In 2023, the Public Health Agency of Canada made a one-time $8 million investment into HIV self-testing.
O'Byrne P, Kesler M, Orser L, Kwag M, Biggin B, Draenos C.   +5 more
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Understanding factors that promote uptake of HIV self-testing among young people in Nigeria: Framing youth narratives using the PEN-3 cultural model

PLoS ONE, 2022
It is important to understand how to frame the formats for promoting HIV self-testing to increase uptake among young people. In this study, we used a culture-centered model to understand the narratives of HIV self-testing preferences among young people ...
Stacey Mason, Oliver C. Ezechi, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Rhonda BeLue, Collins Airhihenbuwa, Titilola Gbaja-Biamila, David Oladele, Adesola Z. Musa, Karan Modi, Jessica Parker, Florida Uzoaru, Alexis Engelhart, Joseph Tucker, Juliet Iwelunmor   +14 more
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The evolution of HIV self-testing and the introduction of digital interventions to improve HIV self-testing

Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2023
HIV self-testing (HIVST) complements traditional HIV testing programmes by removing barriers and increasing access to testing for key populations, and digital interventions have been developed for HIVST to improve the testing and linkage to care experience for users.
Alex Emilio Fischer, Alex Emilio Fischer, Musaed Abrahams, Luke Shankland, Samanta Tresha Lalla-Edward, Vinodh A. Edward, Vinodh A. Edward, Vinodh A. Edward, John De Wit   +8 more
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The secondary distribution of HIV self-testing kits [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2021
The study by Augustine Choko and colleagues1 has shown that the secondary distribution of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits, by pregnant women attending antenatal care to their male partners and by index patients attending general health care to their sexual contacts, can increase the number of men testing for HIV.
Oliver Mweemba, Suzanne Maman
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