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SMARTtest: A Smartphone App to Facilitate HIV and Syphilis Self- and Partner-Testing, Interpretation of Results, and Linkage to Care
AIDS and behavior, v 24(5), pp 1560-1573
01 May 2020
PMID: 31679075
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Abstract
Acceptability of rapid HIV self-testing is high but potential users remain concerned about correct use, interpretation of test results, and linkage to care. This article describes user preferences for a smartphone app to mitigate these challenges and how these were integrated into the SMARTtest app to support self- and partner-testing using the INSTI Multiplex (R). Sixty men and transgender women who have sex with men self-tested for HIV and syphilis while guided by a prototype app that provided a video, pictorial step-by-step instructions, and sample test results presented textually ("positive," "negative"). Subsequently, participants provided feedback on revisions and additional app content. Participants recommended offering different user modes (self, partner, both), and retaining the video, step-by-step instructions, and textual test results. They strongly favored the ability to save and send test results to sexual partners or providers. These features were integrated into the SMARTtest app to facilitate HIV/syphilis self- and partner-testing, HIV/syphilis status awareness and disclosure, and linkage to care.
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- Title
- SMARTtest: A Smartphone App to Facilitate HIV and Syphilis Self- and Partner-Testing, Interpretation of Results, and Linkage to Care
- Creators
- Ivan C. Balan - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteJavier Lopez-Rios - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteSamiksha Nayak - Columbia UniversityCody Lentz - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteSiddarth Arumugam - Columbia UniversityBryan Kutner - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteCurtis Dolezal - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteOngun Uzay Macar - Columbia UniversityTejit Pabari - Columbia UniversityAlexander Wang Ying - Columbia UniversityMichael Okrah - Columbia UniversitySamuel K. Sia - Columbia University
- Publication Details
- AIDS and behavior, v 24(5), pp 1560-1573
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- R01-HD088156; P30-MH43520 / U.S. National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000493673700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85074802663
- Other Identifier
- 991021894658804721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Social Sciences, Biomedical