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Preference towards HIV Self-Testing above Other Testing Options in a Sample of ...
Hoyos, Juan; Maté, Tomás; Guerras, Juan-Miguel; Donat, Marta; Agustí, Cristina; Kuske, Matthias; Fuertes, Ricardo; Chanos, Sophocles; Pichon, FrancoisWe analyzed men who have sex with men (MSM) from Denmark, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Spain to identify who would choose HIV self-testing as their preferred testing method and assessed their preferred setting to acquire a self-testing kit and to confirm a reactive result. In 2016, we recruited an online sample of 3725 HIV-negative MSM. We used Poisson regression to identify factors associated with choosing se...
Potential of HIV Self-Sampling to Increase Testing Frequency Among Gay, Bisexua...
Maté, Tomás; Hoyos, Juan; Guerras, Juan Miguel; Agustí, Cristina; Chanos, Sophocles; Kuske, Matthias; Fuertes, Ricardo; Stefanescu, Roxana; Pulido, JoseBackground: Late HIV diagnosis remains frequent among the gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) population across Europe. HIV self-sampling could help remove barriers and facilitate access to testing for this high-risk population. Objective: We assessed the capacity of HIV self-sampling to increase the testing frequency among GBMSM living in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Romania, and ...
Association of Sexualized Drug Use Patterns with HIV/STI Transmission Risk in a...
Guerras, Juan-Miguel; Hoyos Miller, Juan; Agustí, Cristina; Chanos, Sophocles; Pichon, François; Kuske, Matthias; Cigan, Bojan; Fuertes, RicardoWe estimated the prevalence of overall sexualized drug use (SDU) and of chemsex in particular, assessed patterns of drug use, and identified subpopulations of men who have sex with men (MSM) where SDU and chemsex are more frequent. Using data from an online survey of 9407 MSM recruited during 2016 in 7 European countries, we calculated the proportion of participants who reported SDU and chemsex (mephedrone, met...
COBA-Cohort: a prospective cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men, at...
Lorente, Nicolas; Fernàndez-López, Laura; Fuertes, Ricardo; Rojas Castro, Daniela; Pichon, François; Cigan, Bojan; Chanos, Sophocles; Meireles, PaulaIntroduction Community-based voluntary counselling and testing (CBVCT) services for men who have sex with men (MSM) can reach those most-at-risk and provide an environment for gay men that is likely to be non-stigmatising. Longitudinal data on the behaviour of HIV-negative MSM are scarce in Europe. The aim of this protocol, developed during the Euro HIV Early Diagnosis And Treatment (EDAT) project, is to implem...