Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Tiange P. Zhang (Author), Fan Yang (Author), Weiming Tang (Author), Marcus Alexander (Author), Laura Forastiere (Author), Navin Kumar (Author), Katherine Li (Author), Fei Zou (Author), Ligang Yang (Author), Guodong Mi (Author), Yehua Wang (Author), Wenting Huang (Author), Amy Lee (Author), Weizan Zhu (Author), Peter Vickerman (Author), Dan Wu (Author), Bin Yang (Author), Nicholas A. Christakis (Author), Joseph D. Tucker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Gonorrhea and chlamydia testing rates are poor among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). A quasi-experimental study suggested that a pay-it-forward strategy increased dual gonorrhea/chlamydia testing among MSM. Pay-it-forward offers an individual a gift (e.g., a free test) a...