The study was run from June 2013 to December 2014. They also had conventional HIV tests, with the results available a few days later. Men in the study were offered a ten-minute rapid HIV test using blood from a finger-prick, and were given their test result at their clinic visit. While gay and bisexual men’s preference for rapid HIV testing is already established, the new study provides the first evidence that men will also test more often when it is available at clinics, and where this is promoted in marketing. In a study of 4,889 men attending eight sexual health clinics and a private general practice in New South Wales, the availability of rapid HIV testing at the point of care was associated with a significant increase in HIV testing among gay and bisexual men, particularly among men at increased risk of HIV. Gay and bisexual men test for HIV more often when rapid tests are offered as well as conventional tests, according to a study from the Kirby Institute at UNSW.
