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Comparing the effects of HIV self-testing to standard HIV testing for key populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Witzel, T Charles, Eshun-Wilson, Ingrid, Jamil, Muhammad S, Tilouche, Nerissa, Figueroa, Carmen, Johnson, Cheryl C, Reid, David, Baggaley, Rachel, Siegfried, Nandi, Burns, Fiona M, Rodger, Alison J, Weatherburn, Peter

“…We update a previous systematic review to inform new World Health Organization HIV self-testing (HIVST) recommendations. We compared the effects of HIVST to…”
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HIV Self-Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in the UK: A Qualitative Study of Barriers and Facilitators, Intervention Preferences and Perceived Impacts by Witzel, T Charles, Rodger, Alison J, Burns, Fiona M, Rhodes, Tim, Weatherburn, Peter

“…Innovative strategies, such as HIV self-testing (HIVST), could increase HIV testing rates and diagnosis. Evidence to inform the design of an HIVST intervention…”
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Accessing and utilising gender-affirming healthcare in England and Wales: trans and non-binary people's accounts of navigating gender identity clinics by Wright, Talen, Nicholls, Emily Jay, Rodger, Alison J, Burns, Fiona M, Weatherburn, Peter, Pebody, Roger, McCabe, Leanne, Wolton, Aedan, Gafos, Mitzy, Witzel, T Charles

“…Transgender, or trans, people experience a number of barriers to accessing gender-affirming healthcare and have a range of barriers and facilitators to primary…”
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Experiences of and attitudes towards HIV testing for Asian, Black and Latin American men who have sex with men (MSM) in the SELPHI (HIV Self-Testing Public Health Intervention) randomized controlled trial in England and Wales: implications for HIV self-testing by Nicholls, Emily Jay, Samba, Phil, McCabe, Leanne, Gafos, Mitzy, Philips, Andrew N, Trevelion, Roy, Rodger, Alison J, Burns, Fiona M, Weatherburn, Peter, Witzel, T Charles

“…HIV self-testing (HIVST) could play an important role in improving access to testing and therefore reducing inequalities related to late diagnosis of HIV,…”
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Needs & networks: understanding the role and impact of social networks on HIV (self-)testing among GBMSM and trans people in England and Wales by Chu, Isaac Yen-Hao, Weatherburn, Peter, Wright, Talen, Samba, Phil, Nicholls, Emily Jay, McCabe, Leanne, Gafos, Mitzy, Dunn, David T, Trevelion, Roy, Burns, Fiona M, Rodger, Alison J, Witzel, T Charles

“…Understanding how HIV self-testing (HIVST) can meet the testing needs of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and trans people whose…”
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A qualitative assessment of the acceptability of hepatitis C remote self-testing and self-sampling amongst people who use drugs in London, UK by Guise, Andy, Witzel, T Charles, Mandal, Sema, Sabin, Caroline, Rhodes, Tim, Nardone, Anthony, Harris, Magdalena

“…Hepatitis C (HCV) diagnosis and care is a major challenge for people who use illicit drugs, and is characterised by low rates of testing and treatment…”
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Uptake contexts and perceived impacts of HIV testing and counselling among adults in East and Southern Africa: A meta-ethnographic review by Witzel, T Charles, Lora, Wezzie, Lees, Shelley, Desmond, Nicola

“…HIV testing and counselling (HTC) interventions are key to controlling the HIV epidemic in East and Southern Africa where HTC is primarily delivered through…”
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Risk, reassurance and routine: a qualitative study of narrative understandings of the potential for HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in England by Witzel, T Charles, Weatherburn, Peter, Rodger, Alison J, Bourne, Adam H, Burns, Fiona M

“…HIV testing has seen a rapid evolution over the last decade with multiple modalities now in use globally. In recent years HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been…”
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Examining the effects of HIV self-testing compared to standard HIV testing services in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Jamil, Muhammad S., Eshun-Wilson, Ingrid, Witzel, T. Charles, Siegfried, Nandi, Figueroa, Carmen, Chitembo, Lastone, Msimanga-Radebe, Busisiwe, Pasha, Muhammad S., Hatzold, Karin, Corbett, Elizabeth, Barr-DiChiara, Magdalena, Rodger, Alison J., Weatherburn, Peter, Geng, Elvin, Baggaley, Rachel, Johnson, Cheryl

“…We updated a 2017 systematic review and compared the effects of HIV self-testing (HIVST) to standard HIV testing services to understand effective service…”
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Theories of change for e-health interventions targeting HIV/STIs and sexual risk, substance use and mental ill health amongst men who have sex with men: systematic review and synthesis by Meiksin, Rebecca, Melendez-Torres, G J, Falconer, Jane, Witzel, T Charles, Weatherburn, Peter, Bonell, Chris

“…Sexual risk, substance use, and mental ill health constitute a syndemic of co-occurring, mutually reinforcing epidemics amongst men who have sex with men…”
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Hi-fun among men who have sex with men in Bangkok: A scoping study exploring key informants' perspectives on hi-fun contexts, harms and support strategies by Witzel, T Charles, Charoenyang, Mookarpa, Bourne, Adam, Guadamuz, Thomas E

“…The use of specific drugs (e.g. methamphetamine, GHB/GBL and other stimulants) to enhance sex among men who have sex with men (MSM), is the focus of global…”
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Pilot phase of an internet-based RCT of HIVST targeting MSM and transgender people in England and Wales: advertising strategies and acceptability of the intervention by Witzel, T Charles, Gabriel, Michelle M, McCabe, Leanne, Weatherburn, Peter, Gafos, Mitzy, Speakman, Andrew, Pebody, Roger, Burns, Fiona M, Bonell, Chris, Lampe, Fiona C, Dunn, David T, Ward, Denise, Harbottle, Justin, Phillips, Andrew N, McCormack, Sheena, Rodger, Alison J

“…The SELPHI study (An HIV Self-Testing Public Health Intervention) is an online randomised controlled trial (RCT) of HIV self-testing (HIVST). The aim of this…”
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eHealth Interventions to Address HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual Risk Behavior, Substance Use, and Mental Ill-health in Men Who Have Sex With Men: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Melendez-Torres, G J, Meiksin, Rebecca, Witzel, T Charles, Weatherburn, Peter, Falconer, Jane, Bonell, Chris

“…Men who have sex with men experience disproportionately high levels of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), sexual risk behavior, substance…”
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Protocol, rationale and design of SELPHI: a randomised controlled trial assessing whether offering free HIV self-testing kits via the internet increases the rate of HIV diagnosis by Gabriel, Michelle M, Dunn, David T, Speakman, Andrew, McCabe, Leanne, Ward, Denise, Witzel, T Charles, Harbottle, Justin, Collins, Simon, Gafos, Mitzy, Burns, Fiona M, Lampe, Fiona C, Weatherburn, Peter, Phillips, Andrew, McCormack, Sheena, Rodger, Alison J

“…Among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the UK, an estimated 28% have never tested for HIV and only 27% of those at higher risk test at least every 6 months…”
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Impact and acceptability of HIV self-testing for trans men and trans women: A mixed-methods subgroup analysis of the SELPHI randomised controlled trial and process evaluation in England and Wales by Witzel, T. Charles, Wright, Talen, McCabe, Leanne, Gabriel, Michelle M., Wolton, Aedan, Gafos, Mitzy, Ward, Denise, Lampe, Fiona C., Phillips, Andrew N., Trevelion, Roy, Collaco-Moraes, Yolanda, Harbottle, Justin, Speakman, Andrew, Bonell, Chris, Dunn, David D., McCormack, Sheena, Burns, Fiona M., Weatherburn, Peter, Rodger, Alison J.

“…Globally, trans people are disproportionately affected by HIV, but research on strategies to increase testing are limited. SELPHI is a…”
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"PROUD to have been involved": an evaluation of participant and community involvement in the PROUD HIV prevention trial by Gafos, Mitzy, South, Annabelle, Hanley, Bec, Brodnicki, Elizabeth, Hodson, Matthew, McCormack, Sheena, Witzel, T Charles, Harbottle, Justin, Vale, Claire

“…The PROUD trial, a HIV prevention trial in men who have sex with men and trans women, set out to involve community representatives and trial participants in…”
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What are the motivations and barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among black men who have sex with men aged 18-45 in London? Results from a qualitative study by Witzel, T Charles, Nutland, Will, Bourne, Adam

“…Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) have higher HIV incidence and prevalence when compared with other men who have sex with men, despite similar risk…”
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Consolidating emerging evidence surrounding HIVST and HIVSS: a rapid systematic mapping protocol by Witzel, T Charles, Weatherburn, Peter, Burns, Fiona M, Johnson, Cheryl C, Figueroa, Carmen, Rodger, Alison J

“…HIV self-testing (HIVST) is becoming popular with policy makers and commissioners globally, with a key aim of expanding access through reducing barriers to…”
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Understanding sexual health service access for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Ireland during the COVID-19 crisis: Findings from the EMERGE survey by Shanley, Adam, O'Donnell, Kate, Weatherburn, Peter, Gilmore, John, Witzel, T Charles

“…In the Republic of Ireland, the COVID-19 crisis led to sexual health service closures while clinical staff were redeployed to the pandemic response. Gay,…”
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The Impact of First UK-Wide Lockdown (March–June 2020) on Sexual Behaviors in Men and Gender Diverse People Who Have Sex with Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Nadarzynski, Tom, Nutland, Will, Samba, Phil, Bayley, Jake, Witzel, T. Charles

“…The global COVID-19 pandemic resulted in strict social distancing measures restricting close physical contact. Men (cis and trans) and other gender diverse…”
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