Effect of availability of HIV self-testing on HIV testing frequency in gay and bisexual men at high risk of infection (FORTH): a waiting-list randomised controlled trial

The Lancet HIV

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2017, Pages e241-e250

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ACON   (Australia)

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

^h Cairns Sexual Health Service   (Australia)

ⁱ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013078279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(17)30023-1     Document Type: Article

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