Partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities

The epidemic of HIV/AIDS among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) is rapidly escalating. We implemented partner notification among HIV-infected MSM, cooperating with MSM-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) in two Chinese cities from June 2014 to May 2015. CBOs participated in identifyi...

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Autores principales: Fu, Xiaojing, Qi, Jinlei, Hu, Yifei, Pan, Xiaohong, Li, Youfang, Liu, Hui, Wu, Di, Yin, Wenyuan, Zhao, Yuan, Shan, Duo, Zhang, Nanci Nanyi, Zhang, Dapeng, Sun, Jiangping
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27140946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462416648827
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author Fu, Xiaojing
Qi, Jinlei
Hu, Yifei
Pan, Xiaohong
Li, Youfang
Liu, Hui
Wu, Di
Yin, Wenyuan
Zhao, Yuan
Shan, Duo
Zhang, Nanci Nanyi
Zhang, Dapeng
Sun, Jiangping
author_facet Fu, Xiaojing
Qi, Jinlei
Hu, Yifei
Pan, Xiaohong
Li, Youfang
Liu, Hui
Wu, Di
Yin, Wenyuan
Zhao, Yuan
Shan, Duo
Zhang, Nanci Nanyi
Zhang, Dapeng
Sun, Jiangping
author_sort Fu, Xiaojing
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description The epidemic of HIV/AIDS among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) is rapidly escalating. We implemented partner notification among HIV-infected MSM, cooperating with MSM-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) in two Chinese cities from June 2014 to May 2015. CBOs participated in identifying new HIV-positive MSM utilizing rapid HIV tests and partner notification among index cases. 253 index cases were recruited and 275 sexual partners were notified and tested with 10.5% screened positive. Compared with previously identified index cases, the proportion of contactable sexual partners of newly identified index cases was higher, but the testing rate was lower (p < 0.001). Overall, 83.7% of sexual partners were casual with a contactable rate of 24.9% and a HIV testing rate of 71.1%. Having no contact information for sexual partners and fear of disclosure of HIV status are the main reasons for declining partner notification. It is feasible and effective to perform partner notification in cooperation with CBOs serving Chinese MSM.
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spelling pubmed-50042452016-09-30 Partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities Fu, Xiaojing Qi, Jinlei Hu, Yifei Pan, Xiaohong Li, Youfang Liu, Hui Wu, Di Yin, Wenyuan Zhao, Yuan Shan, Duo Zhang, Nanci Nanyi Zhang, Dapeng Sun, Jiangping Int J STD AIDS Original Research Articles The epidemic of HIV/AIDS among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) is rapidly escalating. We implemented partner notification among HIV-infected MSM, cooperating with MSM-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) in two Chinese cities from June 2014 to May 2015. CBOs participated in identifying new HIV-positive MSM utilizing rapid HIV tests and partner notification among index cases. 253 index cases were recruited and 275 sexual partners were notified and tested with 10.5% screened positive. Compared with previously identified index cases, the proportion of contactable sexual partners of newly identified index cases was higher, but the testing rate was lower (p < 0.001). Overall, 83.7% of sexual partners were casual with a contactable rate of 24.9% and a HIV testing rate of 71.1%. Having no contact information for sexual partners and fear of disclosure of HIV status are the main reasons for declining partner notification. It is feasible and effective to perform partner notification in cooperation with CBOs serving Chinese MSM. SAGE Publications 2016-05-01 2016-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5004245/ /pubmed/27140946 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462416648827 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Original Research Articles
Fu, Xiaojing
Qi, Jinlei
Hu, Yifei
Pan, Xiaohong
Li, Youfang
Liu, Hui
Wu, Di
Yin, Wenyuan
Zhao, Yuan
Shan, Duo
Zhang, Nanci Nanyi
Zhang, Dapeng
Sun, Jiangping
Partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities
title Partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities
title_full Partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities
title_fullStr Partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities
title_full_unstemmed Partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities
title_short Partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities
title_sort partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among hiv-positive men who have sex with men in two chinese cities
topic Original Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27140946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462416648827
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