Published on in Vol 12 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/48447, first published .
Evaluating an Innovative HIV Self-Testing Service With Web-Based, Real-Time Counseling Provided by an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot (HIVST-Chatbot) in Increasing HIV Self-Testing Use Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluating an Innovative HIV Self-Testing Service With Web-Based, Real-Time Counseling Provided by an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot (HIVST-Chatbot) in Increasing HIV Self-Testing Use Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluating an Innovative HIV Self-Testing Service With Web-Based, Real-Time Counseling Provided by an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot (HIVST-Chatbot) in Increasing HIV Self-Testing Use Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial

Siyu Chen   1 , MPH ;   Qingpeng Zhang   2 , PhD ;   Chee-kit Chan   3 , MPH ;   Fuk-yuen Yu   1 , MSSC ;   Andrew Chidgey   3 ;   Yuan Fang   4 , PhD ;   Phoenix K H Mo   1 , PhD ;   Zixin Wang   1 , PhD

1 Centre for Health Behaviours Research, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

2 School of Data Science, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

3 AIDS Concern, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

4 Department of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

Corresponding Author:

  • Zixin Wang, PhD
  • Centre for Health Behaviours Research, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Room 508, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T.
  • Hong Kong, 999077
  • China (Hong Kong)
  • Phone: 852 2252 8740
  • Email: wangzx@cuhk.edu.hk