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Hui Gong1, Xin Wang1, Zhongquan Liu1
1Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin, China.
What Is Already Known About This Topic?:
HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) aged 50 and above has been increasing. This population has a low testing rate and insufficient knowledge of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) prevention. At present, limited strategies are available for improving the testing coverage among elderly MSM.
What Is Added By This Report?:
By comparing with the traditional testing strategy, our study found that Volunteer-Based Social Network HIV Testing Services (VBSNS) could significantly improve the testing coverage and newly reported HIV-positive cases of elderly MSM in the remote suburbs of Tianjin Municipality.
What Are The Implications For Public Health Practice?:
Our study confirmed the feasibility of VBSNS among the elderly MSM population in suburban areas and provides a reference model for improving testing coverage in remote areas.
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