Rationale and design of FORTH: A randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of HIV self-testing in increasing HIV testing frequency among gay and bisexual men

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jamil, Muhammad S ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^c,d   Smith, Kirsty S ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   McNulty, Anna M ^e   Chen, Marcus ^c,d   Holt, Martin ^f   Conway, Damian P ^a   Wand, Handan ^a   Keen, Phillip ^a   Batrouney, Colin ^g   Bradley, Jack ^a   Bavinton, Benjamin R ^a   Ryan, Dermot ^h   Russell, Darren ^i,j   Guy, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre   (Australia)

^h ACON   (Australia)

ⁱ Cairns Sexual Health Service   (Australia)

^j JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

HIV; Home test; MSM; Self test; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BISEXUAL MALE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FLUID INTAKE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIV TEST; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; BISEXUALITY; FOLLOW UP; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOTLINE; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; NEW ZEALAND; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW ZEALAND; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84949760077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1300-6     Document Type: Article

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