| Title: |
Motivations, Facilitators, and Barriers of Donation-Based Interventions in HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Research: A Systematic Review. |
| Authors: |
Ho, Dorian; Liu, Ye; Conklin, Jamie; Fitzpatrick, Thomas; Wang, Jiayu; Day, Suzanne; Hlatshwako, Takhona G; Ramaswamy, Rohit; Wang, Ruby Congjiang; Kpokiri, Eneyi E; Tang, Weiming; Geng, Elvin; Tucker, Joseph D |
| Publisher Information: |
American Medical Association (AMA) |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: LSHTM Research Online |
| Description: |
IMPORTANCE: Donation-based prosocial interventions involve someone receiving a free health service and then distributing or donating to support health services for others; examples within the HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) literature include secondary distribution of HIV self-tests, secondary syringe exchange, and pay it forward for STI testing. These interventions answer research and policy recommendations to incorporate prosocial behaviors into HIV/STI services. OBJECTIVE: To describe motivations, facilitators, and barriers of donation-based interventions in HIV and STI research using data from qualitative studies. EVIDENCE REVIEW: In this systematic review, 5 databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, PsycInfo, and Scopus) and references were searched up to January 23, 2024, for qualitative studies of donation-based interventions. Thematic synthesis was used to summarize findings, the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Qualitative Studies Checklist was used to assess risk of bias among studies, and GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence From Reviews of Qualitative Research) was used to assess confidence in review findings. FINDINGS: Of 374 studies screened, 27 were included, which included 1543 participants, assessing secondary distribution of HIV self-tests (15 studies), secondary syringe exchange among people who inject drugs (10 studies), and pay it forward for STI testing (2 studies). Studies were from low-income (5 studies), middle-income (13 studies), and high-income (12 studies) countries. Givers who distributed health services were motivated by a selfless concern to benefit others (20 studies, moderate confidence) and by the cultivation of a prosocial identity (20 studies, moderate confidence). Social proximity between givers and recipients facilitated distribution (22 studies, moderate confidence), allowing for recipient-tailored strategies to introduce the service, strengthen peer relationships, and promote reciprocal giving. However, secondary syringe distribution could subject people who ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2574-3805 |
| Relation: |
https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4678583/1/Ho-etal-2025-Motivations-Facilitators-and-Barriers-of-Donation-Based-Interventions.pdf; Ho, Dorian; Liu, Ye; Conklin, Jamie; Fitzpatrick, Thomas; Wang, Jiayu; Day, Suzanne; Hlatshwako, Takhona G; Ramaswamy, Rohit; Wang, Ruby Congjiang; Kpokiri, Eneyi E ORCID logo; +3 more.Tang, Weiming; Geng, Elvin; and Tucker, Joseph D ORCID logo (2025) Motivations, Facilitators, and Barriers of Donation-Based Interventions in HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Research: A Systematic Review. JAMA network open, 8 (10). e2537382. ISSN 2574-3805 DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37382 |
| DOI: |
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37382 |
| Availability: |
https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4678583/; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37382 |
| Rights: |
cc_by_4 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.DB628202 |
| Database: |
BASE |