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

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

doi:10.1093/cid/ciw127

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

Scott D. Rhodes, Thomas P. Mccoy, Amanda E. Tanner, Jason Stowers, Laura H. Bachmann, Annie L. Nguyen, Michael W. Ross

Family Medicine and Community Health (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1450-1453
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	62
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw127
State	Published - Jun 1 2016

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (grant number R01MH092932 to S. D. R.).

Keywords

HIV testing
MSM
community trial
intervention
social media

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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. / Rhodes, Scott D.; Mccoy, Thomas P.; Tanner, Amanda E.; Stowers, Jason; Bachmann, Laura H.; Nguyen, Annie L.; Ross, Michael W.

In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 62, No. 11, 01.06.2016, p. 1450-1453.

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Rhodes, Scott D. ; Mccoy, Thomas P. ; Tanner, Amanda E. ; Stowers, Jason ; Bachmann, Laura H. ; Nguyen, Annie L. ; Ross, Michael W. / 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. In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2016 ; Vol. 62, No. 11. pp. 1450-1453.

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