Ibitoye Mobolaji, Lappen Hope, Freeman Robert, Jordan Ashly E, Aronson Ian David
Digital Health Empowerment, 420 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, USA.
Institute for Population Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2021 Jun;25(6):1829-1838. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03112-9. Epub 2020 Nov 24.
HIV testing rates remain low among youth ages 13-24 in the US, with only 55% of HIV-positive youth aware of their serostatus. We conducted a systematic review to assess the utility of technology-based interventions to increase point-of-care youth HIV testing and linkage to care. We searched PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and Cochrane CENTRAL for randomized controlled trials of technology-based interventions aimed at increasing point-of-care youth HIV testing, published between 2008 and 2020. All identified citations were independently screened for inclusion by two authors, and the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool for Randomized Controlled Trials was used to assess the quality of included studies. Three studies met all inclusion criteria. Two interventions were effective in increasing HIV testing, while one was effective at linkage to care. Technology-based interventions have the potential to increase youth HIV testing in clinical settings and facilitate linkage to care, possibly reducing undiagnosed HIV among adolescents and emerging adults.
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