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Transgender Women's Experiences Using SMARTtest, a Smartphone Application to Facilitate Self- and Partner-HIV/Syphilis Testing Using the INSTI Multiplex
Archives of sexual behavior, v 52(5), pp 1961-1968
Jul 2023
PMID: 37188893
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Abstract
We present experiences of transgender women (TW) who have sex with men with SMARTtest, a smartphone app to accompany the INSTI Multiplex (R), a one-minute, dual blood-based HIV/syphilis rapid test. TW participants (N = 11) received 10 INSTI Multiplex
tests to take home for self- and/or partner-testing and installed the SMARTtest app on their phones. The SMARTtest app aimed to support INSTI Multiplex users in correctly performing the test, interpreting the results, and connecting with care following a positive HIV or syphilis screening. After 3 months, users completed in-depth interviews on their experiences. A total of 9 TW used SMARTtest with partners. App feedback was positive, but refining is necessary. Specifically, TW reported that SMARTtest is easy to use and convenient; instructions on how to use the INSTI Multiplex presented on the app were helpful to complete procedures correctly; the most frequently used feature on SMARTtest was the information on clinics that offered confirmatory testing; and participants and their partners were not concerned about app privacy but reported that this could change if INSTI Multiplex detected an HIV-positive result. Further, participants provided recommendations on how to improve SMARTtest, and changes were mostly related to features, content, functionality, navigation, and overall "look" of the app. SMARTtest is promising to facilitate INSTI Multiplex
use in TW. User feedback should be integrated in future versions.
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- Title
- Transgender Women's Experiences Using SMARTtest, a Smartphone Application to Facilitate Self- and Partner-HIV/Syphilis Testing Using the INSTI Multiplex
- Creators
- Christine Tagliaferri Rael (Corresponding Author) - Colorado CollegeBryan A Kutner - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteCody Lentz - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteJavier Lopez-Ríos - Drexel University, Community Health and PreventionCurtis Dolezal - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteSiddartha Arumugam - Columbia UniversitySamuel K Sia - Columbia UniversityIván C Balán - New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
- Publication Details
- Archives of sexual behavior, v 52(5), pp 1961-1968
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- K23MH124569 / NIMH NIH HHS R01HD088156 / NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH115785 / NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH043520 / NIMH NIH HHS P30MH43520 / NIMH NIH HHS K01MH115785 / NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH124569 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000987117900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85159312756
- Other Identifier
- 991021861306204721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Clinical
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary