Hanneke Goense Cornelia J D, Evers Ymke J, Hoebe Christian J P A, Dukers-Muijrers Nicole H T M
Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Living Lab Public Health, Public Health Service South Limburg, P.O. Box 33, Heerlen, 6400 AA, The Netherlands.
Department of Health Promotion, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2025 Feb 26;22(1):20. doi: 10.1007/s11904-025-00724-5.
PURPOSE: This perspective explores the impact of home-based sexual health services on accessibility to STI and HIV testing for priority populations. This study evaluates home-based services as independent care options and as complementary components of traditional clinic-based care. RECENT FINDINGS: Challenges for persons to attend clinic-based sexual health care can be overcome by offering lower threshold home-based sexual health care. Implementing home-based services has successfully reached priority populations, including previously untested men who have sex with men (MSM) and individuals with a high exposure risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI) including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), attending location-based sexual health care. A challenge in home-based services is to ensure equitable care, such as for individuals with limited access to digital resources or low health literacy. While home-based sexual health services enhance the accessibility of sexual healthcare, to ensure equitable care, research into the needs of still underserved populations and subsequent tailoring of the care offered, is needed. Continuous monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of home-based services may maximize the advantages of this promising type of care.
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2025-2-26
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