Background
ACASI | Audio Computer-Assisted Interviewing format |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
HHR | Heterosexuals at high risk (for HIV) |
HRA | High-risk area |
ICER | Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios |
MI | Motivational Interviewing |
MRF | Medical Report Form |
MSM | Men who have sex with men |
NHBS | National HIV Behavioral Surveillance |
NIDA | National Institute on Drug Abuse |
OR | Odds Ratio |
PWID | Persons who inject drugs |
RDS | Respondent-driven sampling |
RDS-ASTN | Anonymous single-session testing with navigation (using RDS) |
RDS-CTTN | Confidential two-session testing with navigation (using RDS) |
STTR | Seek, Test, Treat and Retain |
VBS | Venue-based sampling |
Barriers to HIV testing and timely engagement in HIV care for HHR
Our research team’s studies of STTR approaches
The pros and cons of anonymous testing
Study aims
Methods/Design
Study setting in central Brooklyn
Design
Ethics statement
Outcomes
Study population and sampling considerations
Hypotheses
Eligibility criteria
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18–60 years of age
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sexually active (vaginal sex or anal sex) with at least one partner of the opposite sex within the previous year
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reside in the seven zip core central Brooklyn HRA (initial seeds only; peers may reside in the larger 19 zip code HRA)
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comprehend English or Spanish
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HIV negative or unknown HIV status (initial seeds only; peers may be ‘known positives’)
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willing to try to recruit peers
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not actively psychotic based on valid screening instrument
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not enrolled already in RDS-ASTN or in RDS-CTTN