Economic evaluation of short message service intervention for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Men who have sex with men (MSM) globally face a high risk of HIV infection. Previous studies indicate that customized short message service (SMS) interventions could reduce high-risk behaviors that associated with HIV transmission. This study aims to evaluate the health and economic impacts of such interventions among MSM in China.

Methods

A decision tree-Markov model was developed for a simulated cohort of 100,000 MSM of 20 years old. We assessed three intervention strategies: (1) routine strategy with standard health information; (2) SMS strategy with customized messages based on individual high-risk behaviors, with 50.1% efficacy and 50% coverage; (3) LEN-LA (lenacapavir long-acting) strategy as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), with 100% efficacy lasting for 0.

SUBMITTER: Fan RQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662610 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature