A cross-sectional analysis of fingerstick blood self-microcollection for remote HIV suppression monitoring in Atlanta, Georgia, USA: a path to expanding access to continuum of care.

Background: Many people with HIV experience considerable barriers to accessing HIV clinic services. Options that would permit blood sampling that preclude the need for in-clinic visits and increase privacy would aid in overcoming many of the obstacles that hinder receiving adequate HIV care.

Methods: In Project Home-MaDE, 57 participants were evaluated for their ability to collect fingerstick blood (minimum 250 µL) in Microtainer tubes (MCT), then package and overnight mail specimens following kit instructions without assistance.

Medical Mistrust and Willingness to Use Long-Acting PrEP Among Black and Hispanic/Latino MSM.

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV infection in the United States, especially Black MSM (BMSM) and Hispanic/Latino MSM (HLMSM). Long-acting preexposure prophylaxis (LA PrEP) is effective in preventing HIV; however, medical mistrust may contribute to barriers in uptake among BMSM and HLMSM. We assessed the role of medical mistrust in BMSM and HLMSM's unwillingness to use LA PrEP.

Cost and cost-effectiveness of online recruitment to increase HIV self-testing among Black and Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men in the United States, 2020-2021.

Background: Black or African American and Hispanic/Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (BMSM and HLMSM) in the United States (US) are disproportionately affected by HIV. We analyze the cost and cost-effectiveness of HIV self-testing through online recruitment of BMSM and HLMSM into an HIV self-testing study.

Setting: 11 US states, February 2020-February 2021.

Findings from the First Year of a Federally Funded, Direct-to-Consumer HIV Self-Test Distribution Program - United States, March 2023-March 2024.

In September 2022, CDC funded a nationwide program, Together TakeMeHome (TTMH), to expand distribution of HIV self-tests (HIVSTs) directly to consumers by mail through an online ordering portal. To publicize the availability of HIVSTs to priority audiences, particularly those disproportionately affected by HIV, CDC promoted this program through established partnerships and tailored resources from its Let's Stop HIV Together social marketing campaign. The online portal launched March 14, 2023, and through March 13, 2024, distributed 443,813 tests to 219,360 persons.

Engaging Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men for HIV Testing and Prevention Services Through Technology: Protocol for the iSTAMP Comparative Effectiveness Trial.

Background: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly Black or African American MSM (BMSM) and Hispanic or Latino MSM (HLMSM), continue to be disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic in the United States. Previous HIV self-testing programs have yielded high testing rates, although these studies predominantly enrolled White, non-Hispanic MSM. Mobile health tools can support HIV prevention, testing, and treatment.

Concordance in Reported Love, Trust, and Relationship Quality among Same-Sex Male Relationships.

This paper examines concurrence of self-reported love, trust, and dyadic quality experiences between partners in 293 male couples. Significant yet poor concurrence was observed for all three self-reported relationship measures, but varied by relationship characteristics. Using an actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), actor and partner characteristics were shown to be associated with self-reported relationship concerns, such as satisfaction and intimate partner violence.