Innovative Strategy to Offer Online Test and Treat for Thai MSM/TG
HIV/AIDS
About this trial
This is an interventional screening trial for HIV/AIDS focused on measuring HIV home testing
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Thai national
- Age >18 years
- Men or transgender women who have at least 1 unprotected anal sex with men within the past 6 months
- Live in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (Bangkok, Pathumthani, Samutprakarn, Samutsakorn, Nakornpathom and Nonthaburi) or Pattaya
- Not known to be HIV-positive, i.e., never tested for HIV or previous HIV test(s) negative
- Willing to participate in the study for 12 months.
- Provide verbal informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Known HIV-positive serostatus
Sites / Locations
- The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Other
Other
Other
A:Offline HIV testing and counseling
B1:Offline
B2: Online
Participants in Group A will be invited to come to the Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic, RSAT or SWING drop-in centers in Bangkok, or SWING or Sisters drop-in centers in Pattaya. After registration, they will receive standard HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) services.
participants will be guided to access services at the 'Adam's Love Offline Clinic,' a clinic set up specifically to provide private and fast HIV testing and post-test counseling only.
participants will be mailed a rapid HIV test kit. A trained online counselor will guide the participant through an online HIV testing process which includes quality checking of the test kit, obtaining blood through finger prick, performing the testing steps, and reading the test result.