Category Archives: Testing

Effect of point-of-care diagnostics on maternal outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

Introduction: The World Health Organization advocates for increased accessibility of HIV-related point-of-care (POC) diagnostics in settings that lack laboratory infrastructure. The aim of this study is to assess the impact...

Social network strategies to address HIV prevention and treatment continuum of care among at-risk and HIV-infected substance users: A systematic scoping review

2017

Social network analysis (SNA) and social network-based interventions (SNI) are important analytical tools harnessing peer and family influences critical for HIV prevention and treatment among substance users. While SNA is...

A systematic review of behavioral interventions to reduce condomless sex and increase HIV testing for Latino MSM

2017

Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States are disproportionately affected by HIV, and there have been calls to improve availability of culturally sensitive HIV prevention...

A global research synthesis of HIV and STI biobehavioural risks in female-to-male transgender adults

2016

There is a growing interest in HIV infection and sexually transmitted infection (STI) disease burden and risk among transgender people globally; however, the majority of work has been conducted with...

Barriers and facilitators to HIV testing in people age 50 and above: A systematic review

2017

Approximately 13% of people living with HIV in the UK are unaware of their infection. New diagnoses among people >/=50 years is increasing. Unique factors may be associated with testing...

Experiences using and organizing HIV self-testing

2018

OBJECTIVE: HIV self-testing (HIVST) is now officially recommended by the WHO, yet much of HIVST evidence to date has focused on quantitative data and hypothetical concerns. Effective scale-up of HIVST...

Can self-testing increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

BACKGROUND: Globally, four out of ten individuals living with HIV have not been tested for HIV. Testing is especially important for men who have sex with men (MSM), among whom...

A historical review of HIV prevention and care initiatives in British Columbia, Canada: 1996-2015

2017

INTRODUCTION: British Columbia has made significant progress in the treatment and prevention of HIV since 1996, when Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) became available. However, we currently lack a historical...

mHealth application areas and technology combinations*. A comparison of literature from high and low/middle income countries

2017

BACKGROUND: With the continuous and enormous spread of mobile technologies, mHealth has evolved as a new subfield of eHealth. While eHealth is broadly focused on information and communication technologies, mHealth...

To err is human, to correct is public health: A systematic review examining poor quality testing and misdiagnosis of HIV status

2017

INTRODUCTION: In accordance with global testing and treatment targets, many countries are seeking ways to reach the “90-90-90” goals, starting with diagnosing 90% of all people with HIV. Quality HIV...

Opportunities and gaps in primary care preventative health services for transgender patients: A systemic review

2017

Purpose: Transgender people face barriers to accessing healthcare, resulting in population-level disparities in health outcomes. Little research is available to better understand the receipt of primary healthcare among transgender patients...

Impact of SMS/GPRS printers in reducing time to early infant diagnosis compared to routine result reporting: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

BACKGROUND: Despite significant gains made towards improving access, early infant diagnosis (EID) testing programs suffer from long test turnaround times that result in substantial loss to follow-up and mortality associated...

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