An Unsupervised Smart App-Optimized HIV Self-Testing Program in Montreal, Canada: Cross-Sectional Study.

Nitika Pant Pai Megan Smallwood Laurence Desjardins Alexandre Goyette Krisztian G Birkas Anne-Fanny Vassal Lawrence Joseph Réjean Thomas

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2018)

The HIVSmart! app-optimized strategy was feasible, accepted, and preferred by an educated, urban MSM population of Montreal. With the app, participants were able to perform, interpret, store results, and get rapidly linked to care. The HIVSmart!-optimized, self-testing strategy could be adapted and contextualized to many at-risk populations within Canada and worldwide, thereby maximizing its public health impact.

Keyphrases

public health
hiv testing
quality improvement
mild cognitive impairment
men who have sex with men
hiv positive
healthcare
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
machine learning
human immunodeficiency virus
palliative care
hepatitis c virus
pain management
affordable care act