A Review of the Evidence of Harm from Self-Tests

被引:59
作者
Brown, Annette N. [1 ]
Djimeu, Eric W. [1 ]
Cameron, Drew B. [1 ]
机构
[1] Int Initiat Impact Evaluat, Washington, DC 20036 USA
关键词
HIV self-testing; Harm; Self examinations; Self tests; BREAST-CANCER RISK; HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS; HIV; IMPACT; WOMEN; INFECTION; PREDICT; GAY;
D O I
10.1007/s10461-014-0831-y
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Although HIV self-testing may overcome some barriers to HIV testing, various stakeholders have expressed concerns that HIV self-testing may lead to unintended harm, including psychological, social and medical harm. Recognizing that similar concerns were raised in the past for some other self-tests, we conduct a review of the literature on a set of self-tests that share some characteristics with HIV self-tests to determine whether there is any evidence of harm. We find that although the potential for harm is discussed in the literature on self-tests, there is very little evidence that such harm occurs.
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页码:S445 / S449
页数:5
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