Exploring Facilitators and Barriers to STD/STI/HIV Self-Testing Among College Students in the United States: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV affects 1.2 million Americans, with 20% of new diagnoses being 13 to 24-year-olds. Young adult college students are more likely than the general population of 18 to 24-year-olds in the U.S. to engage in sexual practices that increase their risk of STIs.

Objectives

This scoping review explores factors that promote or hinder STD/STI/HIV self-testing among U.S. college students.

Search methods

A scoping review of original, experimental (randomized or nonrandomized), observational (longitudinal and cross-sectional), and qualitative or mixed-methods U.S. research was conducted using OVID Medline, OVID Embase, PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science Core Collection, and Cochrane CENTRAL. English-language studies measured STD/STI/HIV self-test kits and college student

SUBMITTER: Reeves JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11497516 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature