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Enhancing routine HIV and STI testing among young men who have sex with men: primary outcomes of the get connected clinical randomized trial (ATN 139)

Citation

Bauermeister JA, Horvath KJ, Lin WY, et al. Enhancing routine HIV and STI testing among young men who have sex with men: primary outcomes of the get connected clinical randomized trial (ATN 139). BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):1072. doi:10.1186/s12889-024-18522-w

Implementation stage:

Implementation

Implementation outcomes reported:

Acceptability

Continuum target addressed:

HIV testing, Linkage to preventative care

Geography:

Philadelphia County-PA, Fulton County-GA, Harris County-TX

Study Participant Classification:

Recipients of care

Plain Language Objectives

The researchers tested whether adding personalized educational information to an online HIV and sexually transmitted infection testing locator led young men to test more regularly than using the locator alone.

Plain Language Abstract

Regular HIV and sexually transmitted infection testing is essential for sexual health, but young men who have sex with men may face access and motivation barriers. Participants in Houston, Philadelphia, and Atlanta were randomly assigned to the full Get Connected web application, which offered a testing locator and tailored education, or to a locator-only version. Follow-up assessments occurred at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. Both versions were acceptable and were associated with increased routine testing over the year. Forty percent of participants tested at least twice. There was no meaningful overall difference between the groups (odds ratio 1.11; 95% confidence interval, 0.69–1.80). Participants who engaged with the application more often showed greater effects, and results varied by region. Because the personalized version did not outperform the locator overall, the findings do not show added benefit from tailoring for the full sample. The authors concluded that mobile testing tools should be matched to local context and user needs.

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