title: HIV self-testing among online MSM in China: implications for expanding HIV testing among key populations.
abstract: HIV self-testing offers an alternative to facility-based testing that could expand HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM). We organized an online survey of MSM in China to better understand the frequency and correlates of HIV self-testing. A total of 1342 individuals completed the survey. About 20.3% of MSM reported previous HIV self-testing. Self-testing was correlated with being married, having 6 or greater male anal sex partners in the past 3 months, and having HIV tested within 12 months in the multivariable analysis. Our study suggests that HIV self-testing may be able to reach subgroups of high-risk MSM and enable more frequent HIV testing.
authors.affiliation: *University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China; †School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; ‡Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; §Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Departments of ‖Health Behavior; ¶Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; #Guangdong Provincial Center for Skin Diseases and STI Control & Prevention, Guangzhou, China; **Guangtong-Lingnan MSM Community Support Center, Guangzhou, China; and ††Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Cedric H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Bien
authors.forename: Chongyi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Muessig
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Fengying
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ligang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Gang
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authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Michael E
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authors.lastname: Emch
authors.forename: Joseph D
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authors.lastname: Tucker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016353:Self-Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult