Promoting HIV Self-testing Among MSM During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Conditions
- Health Behavior
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Online interventions promoting HIV self-testing
- Registration Number
- NCT05398835
- Lead Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 400
- 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
- Self-reported to be HIV positive
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Online interventions promoting HIV self-testing Online interventions promoting home-based HIV self-testing
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method HIV self-testing 6 months Uptake of any type of home-based HIV self-testing
HIV testing 6 months Uptake of any type of HIV testing
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Centre for Health Behaviours Research, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡°Hong Kong, Hong Kong