A study of online intervention and mobilization for offline HIV testing among men who have sex with men by using social networking applications

LIANG Jun; CHEN Zhan-yuan; LIAO Bin; FU Mei-yan; YANG Yao; LI Jie; LI Yi

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.01.009

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LIANG Jun, CHEN Zhan-yuan, LIAO Bin, FU Mei-yan, YANG Yao, LI Jie, LI Yi. A study of online intervention and mobilization for offline HIV testing among men who have sex with men by using social networking applications[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(1): 51-55. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.01.009

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LIANG Jun, CHEN Zhan-yuan, LIAO Bin, FU Mei-yan, YANG Yao, LI Jie, LI Yi. A study of online intervention and mobilization for offline HIV testing among men who have sex with men by using social networking applications[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(1): 51-55. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.01.009

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LIANG Jun, CHEN Zhan-yuan, LIAO Bin, FU Mei-yan, YANG Yao, LI Jie, LI Yi. A study of online intervention and mobilization for offline HIV testing among men who have sex with men by using social networking applications[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(1): 51-55. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.01.009

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A study of online intervention and mobilization for offline HIV testing among men who have sex with men by using social networking applications

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.01.009

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Kunming Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming 650228, China
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Spring Rain Workgroup, Kunming 650011, China

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Health Research Project of Kunming Health Commission 2020-12-07-112

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Corresponding author: LIAO Bin, E-mail: 418744881@qq.com
Received Date: 2021-01-14
Rev Recd Date: 2021-03-24

Available Online: 2022-01-16

Publish Date: 2022-01-10

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Abstract

Objective To understand the effectiveness of the online intervention to mobilize men who have sex with men (MSM) to participate in offline HIV testing through social networking applications, and to investigate and analyze the characteristics of offline test participants. Methods We analyzed and compared the number of MSM online contacted through different social networking applications with the number actually tested offline. Then, we characterized the MSM tested offline as well as to compare the differences in the characteristics of MSM in high and low risk groups of infection. Results The online intervention mobilized 23.78% of MSM to participate in offline testing (229/963), with a higher percentage of offline testing recruited using Blued than other social networking applications (χ²=3.958, P=0.047). The total recruitment ratio was 100:2.4, and A total recruitment efficiency was 1.01 persons/day. A total of 220 MSM who had anal sex were divided into a high-risk behavior group (n=96) versus a low-risk behavior group (n=124) based on whether or not they consistently used condoms. The percentage of qualified syphilis knowledge in the high-risk group was lower than in the low-risk group (χ²=6.308, P=0.009), while the percentage of positive HIV test results was higher than in the low-risk group (χ²=11.299, P=0.001). Conclusions Using social networking applications to mobilize MSM to participate in offline testing were effective in reaching groups at higher risk of HIV infection, as well as in detecting infected cases timely. When communicating and intervening with the target population online, proactive contact increased the proportion of MSM responding more than passive reply.
- Social networking application,
- Men who have sex with men,
- HIV,
- Testing

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