Category Archives: Testing

Reminder systems for people living with HIV

2015

Key take-home messages Text messaging, smart phone applications and cell phone counselling are all effective in promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Text messaging and smart phone reminders are more effective...

Knowledge of HIV and related best practices among non-HIV specific health care providers

2015

Key take-home messages One Canadian and several U.S. surveys have consistently shown a lack of HIV-related knowledge, awareness of HIV-related guidelines, and failure to screen for HIV among non-HIV specific...

Delivering HIV/STI test results over the phone and through text messaging

2016

Key take-home messages The ability to promptly notify people who test positive for HIV or other STIs may slow the spread of new infections. Telephones and mobile technologies could be...

HIV and STI testing among Indigenous women and women who inject drugs

2016

Key take-home messages Rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections are high among Indigenous women and women who inject drugs. For women who use drugs, centres that...

Community-based interventions to increase HIV testing among Black women

2016

Key take-home messages There are few studies that examine the effectiveness of community-based interventions on HIV testing among Black women. HIV testing interventions in high-income settings are usually conducted in...

The acceptability and use of HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in high-income countries

2017

Key take-home messages Men who have sex with men from high-income countries appear to be willing to use HIV self-tests. The main benefits of HIV self-tests are convenience and privacy....

HIV testing practices

2009

Key take-home messages Practice guidelines from the US, UK, the WHO, Europe and Australia were identified. Relevant primary literature was identified and reviewed in order to provide additional insight about...

Cost-effectiveness of front-line services (Updated 2010)

2010

Key take-home messages There is no one-size-fits-all cost-effective HIV strategy. An intervention that is found to be effective at preventing HIV infection has a good chance of being cost-effective due...

HIV testing within general practices in Europe: A mixed-methods systematic review

2018

BACKGROUND: Late diagnosis of HIV infection remains a key challenge in Europe. It is acknowledged that general practitioners (GPs) may contribute greatly to early case finding, yet there is evidence...

Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling

2010

Key take-home messages Very few studies have comprehensively investigated patient perceptions of PITC. There are no data currently available on the sustainable effects of PITC on: reducing HIV incidence (i.e.,...

Facilitators and barriers to HIV testing among Asians in the United States: A systematic review

2018

Asians have the highest rate of undiagnosed HIV in the United States. Limited research on factors implicated in HIV testing among this population presents a barrier to monitoring and addressing...

Mandatory testing of sex workers for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections

2010

Key take-home messages There is limited research evidence available describing the implications of mandatory HIV/STI testing for sex workers and whether it is effective at reducing the incidence of HIV/STIs....

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