Using HIV Risk Assessment Tool to Promote HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Using HIV Risk Assessment Tool to Promote HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Beijing: a Social Media-based Randomized Trial

The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a HIV risk assessment tool to promote HIV testing and to reduce high risk sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM). It hypothesizes that the social media-based HIV risk assessment tool can increase 20% HIV testing proportion during the six months follow-up period.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male at birth.
• Having had homo-sexual behaviors (anal/oral) in the past 6 months before enrollment.
• An age of 18 years or older.
• Living in Beijing, China.
• Self-reporting HIV negative or unknown.
• Willingly participating into the baseline survey and the six months follow ups.
• Agreeing not to share the research link to others.
• Owning a mobile phone and having had downloaded the social networking Application Blued before enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not accepting blood sampling within the study period.
• Reporting injecting drugs use in the past six months before enrollment.
• Being currently involved in other HIV behavioral interventions for MSM.
• Having a specific plan to leave from Beijing in the next 6 months.
• Self-reporting female.
• Other reasons the investigators deem make participation either detrimental to the participants or the study.