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Evidence summaries

Mass Media Interventions for Promoting HIV Testing

Mass media interventions have immediate and overall effects in promotion of HIV testing in the short term. This has no significant impact on detecting individuals with seropositive status. Level of evidence: "A"

A Cochrane review [Abstract] 1 included two randomized controlled trials, three non-randomized controlled studies, and nine interrupted time series. All individual studies concluded that mass media were effective, and this was confirmed by reanalysis of the interrupted time series studies which all had initial impact. Mass media interventions for promotion of HIV testing showed significant immediate (Random effect: Estimated mean = 5.487, 95%CI = 2.370 to 8.605) and overall (Random effect: Estimated mean = 6.095, 95%CI = 1.812 to 10.378) effect. No long-term effects were seen on mass media interventions for promotion of HIV testing (Random effect: Estimated mean = 4.447, 95%CI = -0.188 to 9.082). There was no significant impact of detecting seropositive status after mass media intervention for promoting HIV testing.

    References

    • Vidanapathirana J, Abramson MJ, Forbes A, Fairley C. Mass media interventions for promoting HIV testing. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005 Jul 20;(3):CD004775. [PubMed]

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