Increased targeted HIV testing and reduced undiagnosed HIV infections among gay and bisexual men

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of government HIV strategies that aimed to increase HIV testing uptake and frequency among gay and bisexual men (GBM) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

DESIGN: We analysed HIV testing data from existing passive and sentinel surveillance systems between 2010 and 2018.

METHODS: Six indicators were measured: (1) state-wide total HIV laboratory tests; (2) number of GBM attending publicly-funded clinics; (3) 12-monthly testing uptake; (4) annual testing frequency; (5) HIV testing with a STI diagnosis; and (6) HIV positivity. Mathematical modelling was used to estimate (7) the proportion of men with undiagnosed HIV. Indicators were stratified by Australian vs. overseas-born.

RESULTS: Overall, 43,560 GBM attended participating clinics (22,662 Australian-born, 20,834 overseas-born) from 2010-2018. Attendees increased from 5,186 in 2010 to 16,507 in 2018. There were increasing trends (p<0.001 for all) in testing uptake (83.9% to 95.1%); testing with a STI diagnosis (68.7% to 94.0%); annual HIV testing frequency (1.4 to 2.7); and a decreasing trend (p<0.01) in HIV positivity (1.7% to 0.9%).Increases in testing were similar in Australian-born and overseas-born GBM. However, there were decreasing trends in the estimated undiagnosed HIV proportion overall (9.5% to 7.7%) and in Australian-born GBM (7.1% to 2.8%), but an increasing trend in overseas-born GBM (15.3% to 16.9%) (p<0.001 for all).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

HIV medicine - 22(2021), 7 vom: 05. Aug., Seite 605-616

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Patel, P G [VerfasserIn]
Keen, P [VerfasserIn]
McManus, H [VerfasserIn]
Duck, T [VerfasserIn]
Callander, D [VerfasserIn]
Selvey, C [VerfasserIn]
Power, C [VerfasserIn]
Gray, R T [VerfasserIn]
Knight, V [VerfasserIn]
Asselin, J [VerfasserIn]
Read, P [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, K [VerfasserIn]
Bavinton, B R [VerfasserIn]
Bowden, V J [VerfasserIn]
Grulich, A E [VerfasserIn]
Guy, R [VerfasserIn]
NSW HIV Prevention Partnership Project [VerfasserIn]
Grulich, Andrew [Sonstige Person]
Selvey, Christine [Sonstige Person]
Guy, Rebecca [Sonstige Person]
Prestage, Garrett [Sonstige Person]
Zablotska, Iryna [Sonstige Person]
Holden, Jo [Sonstige Person]
Cooper, Craig [Sonstige Person]
Price, Karen [Sonstige Person]
Holt, Martin [Sonstige Person]
de Wit, John [Sonstige Person]
Kaldor, John [Sonstige Person]
Kelleher, Anthony [Sonstige Person]
Wilson, David [Sonstige Person]
Brotherton, Alan [Sonstige Person]
Cooper, David A [Sonstige Person]
Crooks, Levinia [Sonstige Person]
Whittaker, Bill [Sonstige Person]
Madeddu, Daniel [Sonstige Person]
Schmidt, Heather-Marie [Sonstige Person]
Telfer, Barbara [Sonstige Person]
Price, Karen [Sonstige Person]
Boyd, Mark [Sonstige Person]
Cooper, Craig [Sonstige Person]
McGill, Scott [Sonstige Person]
Pinto, Angie [Sonstige Person]
Nigro, Steven [Sonstige Person]
Gordon, Tina [Sonstige Person]
Feeney, Lance [Sonstige Person]
Cunningham, Philip [Sonstige Person]
Mao, Limin [Sonstige Person]
Gray, James [Sonstige Person]
O'Dwyer, Matthew [Sonstige Person]
Clifton, Brent [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Gay and bisexual men
HIV infections
HIV testing
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sentinel surveillance
Undiagnosed HIV

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.03.2022

Date Revised 14.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/hiv.13102

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324310560