[HTML][HTML] Counseling supporting HIV self-testing and linkage to care among men who have sex with men: systematic review and meta-analysis

S Chen, Y Fang, PS Chan, J Kawuki… - JMIR Public Health …, 2024 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: Counseling supporting HIV self-testing (HIVST) is helpful in facilitating linkage
to care and promoting behavior changes among men who have sex with men (MSM) …

Partner-delivered HIV self-test kits with and without financial incentives in antenatal care and index patients with HIV in Malawi: a three-arm, cluster-randomised …

AT Choko, K Fielding, CC Johnson… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Secondary distribution of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits by patients attending
clinic services to their partners could improve the rate of HIV diagnosis. We aimed to …

Self-Testing as a Hope to Reduce HIV in Transgender Women—Literature Review

J Budzyńska, R Patryn, I Kozioł, M Leśniewska… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
So far, the rate of HIV-positive people who do not know their sero-status is about 14% and
the percentage is higher among transgender women (TGW). They represent one of the most …

Acceptability and use of a dual HIV/syphilis rapid test and accompanying smartphone app to facilitate self-and partner-testing among cisgender men and transgender …

IC Balán, JL Rios, C Lentz, S Arumugam, C Dolezal… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
At home self-and partner-testing may reduce HIV and syphilis transmission by detecting
undiagnosed infections. Forty-eight cisgender men and transgender women who men who …

Use of HIV self-testing kits to screen clients among transgender female sex workers in New York and Puerto Rico

R Giguere, J Lopez-Rios, T Frasca, C Lentz, IC Balán… - AIDS and Behavior, 2020 - Springer
Transgender female sex workers (TFSW) are highly affected by HIV, with a global
prevalence of 27%. HIV self-testing (HIVST) to screen sexual partners has helped men who …

Transgender women's experiences using a home HIV-testing kit for partner-testing

CT Rael, R Giguere, J Lopez-Rios, C Lentz, IC Balán… - AIDS and Behavior, 2020 - Springer
HIV partner-testing (PT) may represent a unique and empowering HIV prevention strategy
for groups that face structural and institutional barriers to HIV testing and care, including …

Low sexually transmissible infection knowledge, risk perception and concern about infection among men who have sex with men and transgender women at high risk …

IC Balán, J Lopez-Rios, C Dolezal, CT Rael… - Sexual health, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Background Amidst an increase in STI rates among men who have sex with men (MSM) and
transgender women (TGW), there is little research on STI knowledge, risk perception and …

Using an HIV self-test kit to test a partner: Attitudes and preferences among high-risk populations

S Iribarren, C Lentz, AZ Sheinfil, R Giguere… - AIDS and Behavior, 2020 - Springer
For those most at risk of contracting HIV, new strategies for preventing transmission and
increasing testing are needed. As part of a multi-site, randomized, controlled trial, we …

Local and national stakeholders' perceptions towards implementing and scaling up HIV self-testing and secondary distribution of HIV self-testing by Option B+ patients …

DF Conserve, J Michel, JE Adrien Demes, JM Chery… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
HIV self-testing (HIVST), which allows people to test in private, is an innovative testing
strategy that has been shown to increase HIV testing among men. Delivering HIVST kits to …

Broaching the topic of HIV self-testing with potential sexual partners among men and transgender women who have sex with men in New York and Puerto Rico

C Lentz, S Iribarren, R Giguere, DF Conserve… - AIDS and Behavior, 2020 - Springer
Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) are highly affected by
HIV and need novel prevention strategies. Using HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits to screen …