John Steven A, Cain Demetria, Bradford-Rogers Jesse, Rendina H Jonathon, Grov Christian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Department of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.
Int J Sex Health. 2019;31(3):308-318. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2019.1645075. Epub 2019 Aug 8.
This study investigated the experiences of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) conducting HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) self-testing procedures. We analyzed mixed-methods data from 11 GBM who self-tested HIV-positive and 1,070 HIV-negative GBM who completed the HIV self-testing and STI self-sampling procedures. Nearly all (99%) reported ease in urine-based STI self-sampling and most (90%) found rectal swab self-collection easy. Most (94%) checked their rapid-HIV self-testing results during the correct window (20-40 minutes), and nearly all (99%) trusted their HIV results. Recommendations for future self-testing procedures are provided based on findings from free-response data.
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