Promoting HIV Self-testing Among MSM During COVID-19 Pandemic

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Health Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Online interventions promoting HIV self-testing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05398835

KPF19HLF16

Details and patient eligibility

About

A community-based organization (CBO) recruited Chinese-speaking men who have sex with men who are HIV-negative or unknown sero-status through multiple channels in Hong Kong, China.

Participants first complete a baseline telephone survey, and then receive the following health promotion components: 1) viewing an online video promoting HIVST, 2) visiting the project webpage containing demonstration video of how to use HIVST kits, information about local HIV epidemic and benefits of HIV testing and HIVST, and a discussion forum containing positive feedback of HIVST users, and 3) having access to a chargeable HIVST services implemented by the CBO.

All participants are invited to complete a follow-up telephone survey six months after completion of the baseline survey.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 18 years or above
• Having access to internet
• Anal intercourse with at least one man in the past six months
• Willing to complete telephone follow-up survey at Month 6

Exclusion criteria

• Self-reported to be HIV positive

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Online interventions promoting home-based HIV self-testing

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online interventions promoting HIV self-testing