Gonorrhea
Conditions
Interventions
Standard-of-care arm:Out-of-pocket gonorrhea/chlamydia testing
Partially subsidized pay-it-forward arm:Partially subsidized gonorrhea/chlamydia testing
Fully subsidized pay-it-forward arm:Free gonorrhea/chlamydia testing
Sponsors
School of Public Health, Shandong University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. MSM at high risk of CT/NG infection will be recruited for this study. 2. Participants who were born male, aged 18 years or older, had oral or anal sex with a man, and had not had CT/NG testing in the past 12 months were eligible to participate in this study. 3. In addition, subjects should have at least one of the following high-risk behaviors - 1) subjects or their partners have had multiple sexual partners in the past 12 months, 2) have had unprotected anal sex in the past 12 months, 3) Have been infected with a sexually transmitted disease (e.g., hepatitis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, syphilis, HIV, genital warts, etc.) in the past 6 months. 4. Due to research needs, only subjects with wechat accounts can be included in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The subjects had a mental illness or psychological disorder that would interfere with study participation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Uptake of gonorrhea/chlamydia tests at different subsidy level; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Donation rate and donation amounts in the pay-it-forward arms;Positivity rates of gonorrhea/chlamydia;Acceptability of self-sampling testing and the digital pay-it-forward approach; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWei Ma
School of Public Health, Shandong University
Outcome results
None listed