Using Social Media to Increase HIV Testing Among Gay and Bisexual Men, Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, and Transgender Persons: Outcomes From a Randomized Community Trial: Table 1. | Zendy

Scott D. Rhodes | Zendy; Thomas P. McCoy | Zendy; Amanda E. Tanner | Zendy; Jason Stowers | Zendy; Laura H. Bachmann | Zendy; Annie L. Nguyen | Zendy; Michael W. Ross | Zendy

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Using Social Media to Increase HIV Testing Among Gay and Bisexual Men, Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, and Transgender Persons: Outcomes From a Randomized Community Trial: Table 1.

Author(s) -

Scott D. Rhodes,

Thomas P. McCoy,

Amanda E. Tanner,

Jason Stowers,

Laura H. Bachmann,

Annie L. Nguyen,

Michael W. Ross

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw127

Subject(s) - medicine , transgender , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , men who have sex with men , intervention (counseling) , transgender women , gerontology , randomized controlled trial , homosexuality , family medicine , gender studies , psychiatry , syphilis , sociology

We tested an intervention designed to increase human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing among men who have sex with men and transgender persons within existing and commonly used social media. At follow-up, intervention communities had significantly higher past 12-month HIV testing than the comparison communities. Findings suggest that promoting HIV testing via social media can increase testing.

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