National Surveillance of Home-Based HIV Testing Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men, 2018–2020: Uptake After Commercial Availability of HIV Self-Tests

HIV self-testing allows people to collect samples and test themselves at home, addressing known barriers to facility-based testing. We aimed to measure the uptake of home HIV testing among Australian gay and bisexual men (GBM). Using national cross-sectional data from the Australian Gay Community Pe...

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Published in:AIDS and behavior 2023-12, Vol.27 (12), p.4106-4113
Main Authors: Zhang, Ye, Holt, Martin, Chan, Curtis, Applegate, Tanya L., Bavinton, Benjamin R., Broady, Timothy R., Keen, Phillip, Wulandari, Luh Putu Lila, Mao, Limin, McManus, Hamish, Medland, Nicholas A., Prestage, Garrett, Wiseman, Virginia, Guy, Rebecca J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bisexuality
Health Psychology
HIV
Homosexuality
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infectious Diseases
Medical tests
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Men
Migrants
Original Paper
Public Health
Self testing
Surveillance
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Summary:HIV self-testing allows people to collect samples and test themselves at home, addressing known barriers to facility-based testing. We aimed to measure the uptake of home HIV testing among Australian gay and bisexual men (GBM). Using national cross-sectional data from the Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys, we assessed trends in home HIV testing among non-HIV positive GBM between 2018 and 2020. Overall, the use of home HIV testing was low, but slightly increased during 2018–2020 (from 0.3 to 0.8%, RR = 1.54, 95%CI = 1.23–1.92, p-trend 
ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-023-04124-x