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Integrating a Combination HIV Prevention Intervention Into a Widely-Used Geosocial App for Chinese MSM: Pilot Study
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Blued+ Service Platform for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. Completed, enrolled 423 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The proposed research includes a longitudinal pilot study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of Blued+. This combination HIV prevention intervention will integrate a combination package of HIV prevention services into Blued, a gay dating App, for men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. Despite high HIV incidence among MSM, HIV prevention interventions such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use remains low in China. If the HIV prevention intervention services provided through the Blued+ App prove feasible and acceptable, the pilot test will facilitate the design of a larger study of intervention efficacy. The study population will be self-reported HIV-negative Blued users who are 18 years of age or greater, were assigned a male sex at birth, report having anal sex with a man in the last 6 months, eligible for PrEP according to China's consensus statement, and reside in metropolitan Beijing or Chengdu, China.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
During the intervention period, participants received the enhanced version of the Blued app. The free HIV prevention services were integrated into the Blued app: health messaging, in-home HIV testing, linkage to care for those testing HIV positive, condoms, lubricants, in-app screening, and provision to PrEP.