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    Linking young men who have sex with men (YMSM) to STI physicians: a nationwide cross-sectional survey in China

    Many young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are reluctant to seek health services and trust local physicians. Online information seeking may encourage YMSM to identify and see trustworthy physicians, obtain se...

    Bolin Cao, Peipei Zhao, Cedric Bien, Stephen Pan, Weiming Tang in BMC Infectious Diseases (2018)

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    The interaction between HIV testing social norms and self-efficacy on HIV testing among Chinese men who have sex with men: results from an online cross-sectional study

    Increasing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing is critical for HIV control. This study aimed to evaluate the interaction between social norms and self-efficacy on HIV testing among Chinese men who have ...

    Peizhen Zhao, Li Liu, Ye Zhang, Huanhuan Cheng, Bolin Cao in BMC Infectious Diseases (2018)

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    What happens after HIV self-testing? Results from a longitudinal cohort of Chinese men who have sex with men

    HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a promising approach to expand HIV testing. HIVST is a process in which a person performs an HIV test and interprets the result. Negative HIVST results may encourage men who have se...

    Weiming Tang, Wenting Huang, Haidong Lu, Bolin Cao, Dan Wu in BMC Infectious Diseases (2019)

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    Anticipated HIV stigma among HIV negative men who have sex with men in China: a cross-sectional study

    Anticipated HIV stigma, i.e., the expectation of adverse experiences from one’s seroconversion, is associated with both negative psychological and behavioral outcomes. We know little about anticipated HIV stig...

    Chuncheng Liu, Ye Zhang, Stephen W. Pan, Bolin Cao, Jason J. Ong in BMC Infectious Diseases (2020)