title: Using Social Media to Increase HIV Testing Among Gay and Bisexual Men, Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, and Transgender Persons: Outcomes From a Randomized Community Trial.
abstract: We tested an intervention designed to increase human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing among men who have sex with men and transgender persons within existing and commonly used social media. At follow-up, intervention communities had significantly higher past 12-month HIV testing than the comparison communities. Findings suggest that promoting HIV testing via social media can increase testing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences Section of Infectious Diseases Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Nursing.
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
authors.forename: Amanda E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.affiliation: Triad Health Project.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stowers
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Division, Greensboro, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Laura H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Bachmann
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Annie L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D061108:Social Media; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HIV testing; MSM; community trial; intervention; social media