Men's comfort in distributing or receiving HIV self-test kits from close male social network members in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: baseline results from the STEP project

JKB Matovu, G Mbita, A Hamilton, F Mhando… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background A variety of strategies have been used to reach men with HIV self-testing
services, including social network-based HIV self-test kits distribution. However, few studies …

Formative research to develop Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) self-testing intervention among networks of men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A mixed methods …

D Conserve, L Kajula, T Yamanis… - Open Forum Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. In sub-Saharan Africa, national patterns of HIV testing uptake indicate that men
test for HIV less than women. Innovative strategies such as HIV self-testing have the …

“He told me to check my health”: a qualitative exploration of social network influence on men's HIV testing behavior and HIV self-testing willingness in Tanzania

DF Conserve, D Alemu, T Yamanis… - American journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Men continue to test for HIV at a low rate in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent quantitative
evidence from sub-Saharan Africa indicates that encouragement to test for HIV from men's …

High acceptability and increased HIV-testing frequency after introduction of HIV self-testing and network distribution among South African MSM

SA Lippman, T Lane, O Rabede… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: South African men who have sex with men (MSM) have a high burden of
undiagnosed HIV infection and HIV-testing rates incommensurate with their risk. HIV self …

Mate Yako Afya Yako: Formative research to develop the Tanzania HIV self-testing education and promotion (Tanzania STEP) project for men

DF Conserve, KE Muessig, LL Maboko, S Shirima… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The purpose of this formative research, guided by the Integrated Behavioral Model, was to
assess men's attitudes and personal agency towards HIV self-testing (HIVST) and …

High acceptance and completion of HIV self-testing among diverse populations of young people in Kenya using a community-based distribution strategy

KS Wilson, C Mugo, DA Katz, V Manyeki… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Oral HIV self-testing (HIVST) may expand access to testing among hard-to-reach reach
adolescents and young adults (AYA). We evaluated community-based HIVST services for …

Evaluation of community-based HIV self-testing delivery strategies on reducing undiagnosed HIV infection, and improving linkage to prevention and treatment services …

P Bhattacharjee, D Rego, H Musyoki, M Becker… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background HIV prevalence among men having sex with men (MSM) in Kenya is 18.2%.
Despite scale-up of HIV testing services, many MSM remain unaware of their HIV status and …

An implementation study of oral and blood‐based HIV self‐testing and linkage to care among men in rural and peri‐urban KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa

AE Shapiro, A van Heerden, M Krows… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction In South Africa, HIV‐infected men are less likely than women to test
and know their status (the first UNAIDS “90‐90‐90” target), and men have worse outcomes …

Sexual and social network correlates of willingness to self-test for HIV among ever-tested and never-tested men: implications for the Tanzania STEP project

DF Conserve, C Bay, MN Kilonzo, NE Makyao… - AIDS care, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We examined factors associated with HIV self-testing (HIVST) willingness among male ever-
testers and never-testers who participated in a midpoint survey of a cluster randomized …

Men's perceptions of HIV self-testing in Eswatini: a qualitative study

BP Vilakati, S Yeatman - AIDS care, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Men in Eswatini test for HIV at lower rates compared to women despite the widespread
availability of HIV testing services in the country. HIV self-test kits have been proposed as an …