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. 2021 Jan 20;73(4):e1018–e1028. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab029

Table 1.

HIV TestingStrategies in Included Studies

HIV Testing Strategies Short Term
Partner HIVST distribution to sexual partner in community Partner-community-HIVST
Peer distribution of HIVST in community Peer-community-HIVST
HIVST distribution by online ordering and mail distribution Online-mail-HIVST
HCW distribution of HIVST at facilitya HCW-facility-HIVST
HCW distribution of HIVST in community HCW-community-HIVST
Vending machine HIVST distribution in community Vending-community-HIVST
HCW administration of traditional HIV test in community HCW-community-TT
HCW administration of facility-based traditional HIV test HCW-facility-TT

Abbreviations: HCW, healthcare worker; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HIVST, oral HIV self-test; TT, traditional HIV test (finger-prick rapid test performed by HCW).

aIncludes both HIVST distributed and conducted at the health facility and HIVST distributed at the facility to conduct elsewhere.