Ko Jamie S, Stafylis Chrysovalantis, Klausner Jeffrey D
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Mhealth. 2020 Jan 5;6:10. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2019.10.05. eCollection 2020.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing could overcome barriers associated with traditional HIV testing and increase people's awareness of their serostatus. Mobile health, which utilizes mobile wireless technology, could alleviate concerns associated with HIV self-testing and increase access to this screening test.
We conducted a PubMed, Google Scholar, and Google search to identify research studies and public health programs in the United States that used mobile health to provide HIV self-testing kits for participants. Nine research studies and two public health programs in the United States met the inclusion criteria and were included in the narrative review.
Mobile health interventions delivered through online platforms and smartphone apps tailored towards high-risk populations could promote HIV self-testing distribution, pre- and post-test counseling, and linkage to follow-up care.
Given mobile health's potential to encourage HIV self-testing, prevention, and treatment among high-risk communities, we included recommendations that incorporated this mode of HIV self-testing into public health programs to appropriately address the HIV epidemic in the United States.
人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）自我检测可以克服与传统HIV检测相关的障碍，并提高人们对自身血清学状态的认识。利用移动无线技术的移动健康可以减轻与HIV自我检测相关的担忧，并增加获得这种筛查检测的机会。
我们在PubMed、谷歌学术和谷歌上进行了搜索，以识别美国使用移动健康为参与者提供HIV自我检测试剂盒的研究和公共卫生项目。美国的九项研究和两个公共卫生项目符合纳入标准，并被纳入叙述性综述。
通过针对高危人群量身定制的在线平台和智能手机应用程序提供的移动健康干预措施，可以促进HIV自我检测试剂盒的分发、检测前和检测后咨询以及与后续护理的联系。
鉴于移动健康在鼓励高危社区进行HIV自我检测、预防和治疗方面的潜力，我们纳入了相关建议，即将这种HIV自我检测模式纳入公共卫生项目，以适当应对美国的HIV疫情。
