Evaluation of the Relative Effectiveness of Three HIV Testing Strategies Targeting African American Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in New York City

Halkitis, Perry N.; Kupprat, Sandra A.; McCree, Donna Hubbard; Simons, Sara M.; Jabouin, Raynal; Hampton, Melvin C.; Gillen, Sara

doi:10.1007/s12160-011-9299-4

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“…These findings are similar to those reported by Kimbrough et al (2009), whose research showed that social networks were very effective in recruiting persons in high-risk networks. Published studies have reported similar findings that support using social networks to reach persons at high risk for HIV and other STDs (Halkitis et al, 2011;Rothenberg et al, 2000). In this study, each site was required to implement all three strategies.…”

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“…Furthermore, the social network strategy is an especially important public health tool because the same social networks through which HIV infection occurs can be accessed for early detection and prevention of new infections (Adimora & Schoenbach, 2005;CDC, 2005;Kimbrough et al, 2009). A recent evaluation of multiple recruitment strategies to identify HIV-positive African American men who have sex with men (MSM) for HIV testing found social networks to be most effective, followed by partner services and alternate venues (Halkitis et al, 2011). Although the social network strategy may require more effort, it may reach certain high-risk women who would not be reached through targeted outreach and alternate venues; reaching them before they become infected may afford them an opportunity to reduce their risk.…”

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Sisters Empowered, Sisters Aware: Three Strategies to Recruit African American Women for HIV Testing

Gaiter¹,

Johnson²,

Taylor³

et al. 2013

AIDS Education and Prevention

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African American women account for 66% of new HIV infections among U.S. women, and many are not aware of their status. The authors compared three strategies (targeted outreach, alternate venues, and social networks) to recruit African American women for HIV testing in Houston, New York City, Baltimore, and Dayton. A quasi-experimental design (N = 4,942) was used to compare HIV-positivity rates and to identify risk factors for previously undiagnosed infection. A total of 2.1% of the women were newly diagnosed with HIV. The proportion newly identified as HIV-positive did not differ significantly among the three strategies (2.4% for social networks, 1.7% for both targeted outreach and alternate venues). However, the social networks strategy recruited women with greater risk behaviors and other characteristics associated with newly identified HIV infection and thus may be effective at reaching some high-risk women before they become infected.

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Sisters Empowered, Sisters Aware: Three Strategies to Recruit African American Women for HIV Testing

Gaiter¹,

Johnson²,

Taylor³

et al. 2013

AIDS Education and Prevention

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“…[16][17][18][19][20] Despite engaging in high-risk HIV related behaviors including substance use, concurrency, improper or non-condom usage, many indiviudals have perceived their risk for contracting HIV as low. This low perceived risk has been associated with African Americans not seeking HIV testing despite their actual risk profile.…”

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A Multi-Level Approach for Promoting HIV Testing Within African American Church Settings

Stewart

2015

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

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The African American church is a community-based organization that is integral to the lives, beliefs, and behaviors of the African American community. Engaging this vital institution as a primary setting for HIV testing and referral would significantly impact the epidemic. The disproportionately high HIV incidence rate among African Americans dictates the national priority for promotion of early and routine HIV testing, and suggests engaging community-based organizations in this endeavor. However, few multilevel HIV testing frameworks have been developed, tested, and evaluated within the African American church. This article proposes one such framework for promoting HIV testing and referral within African American churches. A qualitative study was employed to examine the perceptions, beliefs, knowledge, and behaviors related to understanding involvement in church-based HIV testing. A total of four focus groups with church leaders and four in-depth interviews with pastors, were conducted between November 2012 and June 2013 to identify the constructs most important to supporting Philadelphia churches' involvement in HIV testing, referral, and linkage to care. The data generated from this study were analyzed using a grounded theory approach and used to develop and refine a multilevel framework for identifying factors impacting church-based HIV testing and referral and to ultimately support capacity building among African American churches to promote HIV testing and linkage to care.

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“…45 Many of the implementation challenges highlighted by these demonstration projects and other published studies examining various HIV testing strategies readily lend themselves to OR. 46,47 At a minimum, OR must identify optimal strategies for reaching high-risk persons to increase early detection, receipt of test results, and linkage to medical care. Effective strategies must be developed and disseminated to ensure that persons who receive preliminary test results also receive confirmatory results, to enhance partner services programs to identify new HIV-positive persons, and to strengthen the implementation of self-testing.…”

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Operational Research to Improve HIV Prevention in the United States

Herbst

Glassman²,

Carey³

et al. 2012

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

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The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States continues despite several recent noteworthy advances in HIV prevention. Contemporary approaches to HIV prevention involve implementing combinations of biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions in novel ways to achieve high levels of impact on the epidemic. Methods are needed to develop optimal combinations of approaches for improving efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability. This article argues that operational research offers promise as a valuable tool for addressing these issues. We define operational research relative to domestic HIV prevention, identify and illustrate how operational research can improve HIV prevention, and pose a series of questions to guide future operational research. Operational research can help achieve national HIV prevention goals of reducing new infections, improving access to care and optimization of health outcomes of people living with HIV, and reducing HIV-related health disparities.

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Evaluation of the Relative Effectiveness of Three HIV Testing Strategies Targeting African American Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in New York City

Abstract: Findings suggest differential effectiveness of testing strategies. Given differences in the individuals accessing testing across strategies, a multi-strategic testing approach may be needed to most fully identify undiagnosed HIV-positive African American MSM.

Cited by 46 publications

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Sisters Empowered, Sisters Aware: Three Strategies to Recruit African American Women for HIV Testing

Sisters Empowered, Sisters Aware: Three Strategies to Recruit African American Women for HIV Testing

A Multi-Level Approach for Promoting HIV Testing Within African American Church Settings

Operational Research to Improve HIV Prevention in the United States

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