Acceptability of Peer-Delivered HIV Testing and Counselling Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) and Transgender Women (TW) in Myanmar

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Vanessa Veronese
Zaw Min Oo
Zaw Win Thein
Poe Poe Aung
Bridget L. Draper
Chad Hughes
Claire Ryan
Alisa Pedrana
Mark Stoové
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[1] Burnet Institute,Disease Elimination Program
[2] Monash University,Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
[3] Burnet Institute,Department of Nutrition
[4] Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health,undefined
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AIDS and Behavior | 2018年 / 22卷
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Men who have sex with men; Transgender women; HIV testing and counseling; Myanmar; Peer-delivered;
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW) are a priority population for HIV prevention in Myanmar but report sub-optimal HIV testing frequency. Previous studies have shown that peer involvement in HIV testing can normalize stigmatized sexualities and reduce barriers to testing. We explored the acceptability of peer-delivered HIV testing among 425 undiagnosed MSM and TW in Yangon and Mandalay. An overwhelming majority of participants (86%) reported being ‘comfortable/very comfortable’ with peer-delivered HIV testing. Logistic regression identified reporting sexual identity as Apone [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 3.8; 95% CI 1.2–11.7], recent HIV testing (aOR 3.1; 95% CI 1.4–6.5), reporting a high likelihood of HIV acquisition (aOR 3.6; 95% CI 1.7–7.6), and reporting ≥ 5 casual partners in the past 3 months (aOR 0.2; 95% CI 0.1–0.6) as associated with peer-delivered HIV testing acceptability. Given ongoing HIV vulnerability among MSM and TW in Myanmar, peer-delivered testing may offer prevention benefits by increasing testing rates and identifying undiagnosed infection earlier.
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