Interested in researching this? Contact Brendan Harney: [email protected].
Self-testing for blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections (STIs) is recommended by the World Health Organization as a way to overcome barriers to testing among key population groups.
In an Australian context, HIV self-testing is now available, however implementation and uptake has been suboptimal. Self-testing options for hepatitis C and syphilis exist, however there is a lack of Australian research on these, including the perspectives of the key population groups affected who are people who inject drugs and gay and bisexual men.
Burnet is leading a range of studies related to self-testing which will generate vital evidence to inform the upscale and implementation of self-testing in an Australian context. These include:
- Designing, conducting, and analyzing surveys on hepatitis C self-testing among people who inject drugs
- Human-centered design research on digital platforms for HIV self-testing
- Designing and conducting discrete choice experiments on syphilis self-testing for gay and bisexual men
- Undertaking interviews with these people and other key stakeholders to gain an understanding of how self-testing may be integrated into existing services
Timeline
2022–Ongoing
Want to undertake this research? Contact Brendan Harney: [email protected].
