School of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen.
Dermatology Hospital of South Medical University.
Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2020 Feb;33(1):44-50. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000619.
The current study aimed to review how digital health has been used for sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV prevention, testing, and treatment.
A scoping review was conducted by searching five databases for peer-reviewed literature published between March 2018 to August 2019. 23 out of 258 studies met the inclusion criteria and were assessed. Six studies used digital platform to enhance STI/HIV prevention messaging; four studies found that digital health can provide vivid promotional information and has been instrumental in increasing the accessibility and acceptability of STI/HIV testing; three studies reported digital health provides a channel to understand and interpret the discourses on preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and increase PrEP uptake; three studies focused on refining big data algorithms for surveillance; four studies reported on how digital interventions could be used to optimize clinical interventions; and four studies found digital interventions can be used to assist mental health services.
Digital health is a powerful and versatile tool that can be utilized in the production of high-quality, innovative strategies on STIs and HIV services. Future studies should consider focusing on strategies and implementations that leverage digital platforms for network-based interventions, in addition to recognizing the norms of individual digital intervention platforms.
本研究旨在综述数字健康在性传播感染（STI）/艾滋病毒预防、检测和治疗中的应用。
通过在五个数据库中搜索 2018 年 3 月至 2019 年 8 月发表的同行评议文献，进行了范围综述。258 项研究中有 23 项符合纳入标准并进行了评估。六项研究使用数字平台来增强 STI/HIV 预防信息传递；四项研究发现，数字健康可以提供生动的宣传信息，有助于提高 STI/HIV 检测的可及性和可接受性；三项研究报告称，数字健康提供了一个理解和解释暴露前预防（PrEP）话语并增加 PrEP 使用率的渠道；三项研究专注于完善监测的大数据算法；四项研究报告了如何利用数字干预措施来优化临床干预；四项研究发现数字干预措施可用于辅助心理健康服务。
数字健康是一种强大而多功能的工具，可用于制定高质量、创新性的 STI 和艾滋病毒服务策略。未来的研究应考虑专注于利用数字平台进行基于网络的干预策略，同时认识到各个数字干预平台的规范。
