Discipline of Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
JBI Evid Synth. 2020 Mar;18(3):571-575. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-D-19-00097.
The aim of this review is to synthesize the best available evidence on men's perspectives on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing in sub-Saharan Africa.
Many factors influence men's poor HIV testing uptake in healthcare facilities, including stigma and confidentiality. Due to men's low engagement with healthcare facilities, there remains a high proportion of HIV-positive men who are unaware of their HIV status. The HIV self-testing models enable individuals to conduct and interpret their own HIV test at their own convenient time and private space, removing some of the barriers associated with accessing healthcare facility-based HIV testing services.
This review will consider studies that explore men's perspectives and experiences on the use of HIV self-testing in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies with men of any age will be considered. The studies must provide evidence on HIV self-testing, present analysis of qualitative data, and be published from January 2005, with no language restrictions. This review will consider studies of qualitative data including, but not limited to, designs such as phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography and action research.
An initial search of PubMed and CINAHL will be conducted, followed by an analysis of text words contained in the title and abstract, and of the index terms used to describe the articles. Titles and abstracts will be screened by two independent reviewers for assessment against the inclusion criteria. Retrieval of full-text studies and critical appraisal will be conducted by two independent reviewers. Data will be extracted and pooled for meta-aggregation, and a Summary of Findings will be presented.
本综述旨在综合评估撒哈拉以南非洲地区男性对人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）自我检测的看法，这些看法来自现有最佳证据。
许多因素影响男性在医疗机构中接受 HIV 检测的积极性，包括耻辱感和保密性问题。由于男性很少去医疗机构，仍有很大一部分 HIV 阳性男性不知道自己的 HIV 状况。HIV 自我检测模式使个人能够在自己方便的时间和私人空间进行和解释自己的 HIV 检测，消除了一些与获得医疗机构 HIV 检测服务相关的障碍。
本综述将考虑探索撒哈拉以南非洲地区男性对 HIV 自我检测使用的看法和经验的研究。任何年龄段的男性研究都将被考虑。研究必须提供 HIV 自我检测的证据，对定性数据进行分析，并于 2005 年 1 月以来发表，无语言限制。本综述将考虑包括但不限于现象学、扎根理论、民族志和行动研究等设计的定性数据研究。
将对 PubMed 和 CINAHL 进行初步搜索，然后对标题和摘要中包含的文本词以及用于描述文章的索引词进行分析。两名独立评审员将对标题和摘要进行筛选，以评估其是否符合纳入标准。将由两名独立评审员检索全文研究并进行批判性评估。将提取数据并进行汇总，以呈现“发现总结”。
