Jamil, Muhammad S., Prestage, Garrett, Fairley, Christopher K., Smith, Kirsty S., Kaldor, John M., Grulich, Andrew E., McNulty, Anna M., Chen, Marcus, Holt, Martin, Conway, Damien P., Wand, Handan, Keen, Phillip, Batrouney, Colin, Bradley, Jack, Bavinton, Benjamin R., Ryan, Dermot, Russell, Darren, and Guy, Rebecca J. (2015) Rationale and design of FORTH: a randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of HIV self-testing in increasing HIV testing frequency among gay and bisexual men. BMC Infectious Diseases, 15 (561). pp. 1-10.

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Abstract

Gay and bisexual men (GBM) are a major risk group for HIV acquisition, yet the majority of higher-risk GBM test for HIV less often than recommended (3–6 monthly). HIV self-testing has the potential to increase testing frequency and improve awareness of personal HIV status. HIV self-tests have been approved in some countries, however there are concerns whether self-testing would increase HIV testing frequency enough to compensate for the reduced sensitivity of self-tests in early infection. We describe here a randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of self-testing in increasing HIV testing frequency among higher-risk GBM, and its acceptability.

Item ID:	44379
Item Type:	Article (Scholarly Work)
ISSN:	1471-2334
Keywords:	HIV, MSM, testing, self-test, home test
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Funders:	National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC)
Projects and Grants:	NHMRC STI Program Grant No. 568971
Date Deposited:	14 Jun 2016 23:22
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1103 Clinical Sciences > 110324 Venereology @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111712 Health Promotion @ 50%
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