TY - JOUR T1 - Strategies for enhancing uptake of HIV self-testing among Nigerian youths: a descriptive analysis of the 4YouthByYouth crowdsourcing contest JF - BMJ Innovations JO - BMJ Innov SP - 590 LP - 596 DO - 10.1136/bmjinnov-2020-000556 VL - 7 IS - 3 AU - Nora E Rosenberg AU - Chisom S Obiezu-Umeh AU - Titilola Gbaja-Biamila AU - Kadija M Tahlil AU - Ucheoma Nwaozuru AU - David Oladele AU - Adesola Z Musa AU - Ifeoma Idigbe AU - Jane Okwuzu AU - Tajudeen Bamidele AU - Weiming Tang AU - Oliver Ezechi AU - Joseph D Tucker AU - Juliet Iwelunmor Y1 - 2021/07/01 UR - http://innovations.bmj.com/content/7/3/590.abstract N2 - Summary boxWhat are the new findings?Our crowdsourcing contest was an effective approach to youth engagement and participation in HIV research.Through the participation of over 800 Nigerian youths, our 4YouthByYouth crowdsourcing contest generated several high-quality ideas for the promotion of HIV self-testing in Nigeria.Our findings suggest that the use of multiple modalities (both offline and online platforms) encouraged a diverse and broad participation from a range of youths with access to different types of technology.How might it impact on healthcare in the future?Strategies generated can be cultivated into effective interventions that ultimately improve HIV self-testing uptake among youth.The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recognises that in order to achieve its ambitious goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030,1 it is essential to engage youths as beneficiaries, partners and leaders.2 To date, inadequate youth engagement has resulted in poor health service utilisation. In Nigeria, for example, youths face a high burden of HIV, yet have very low testing uptake. With an overall HIV prevalence of 1.5% in Nigeria, adolescents and young adults account for up to 34% of new cases of HIV infection.3 In 2013, 16% of Nigerian young women and 9% of young men 15–24 years old had ever tested for HIV,4 with only modest progress in the ensuing years.3 5 6 Nigeria’s 2016–2020 National HIV Strategy for Adolescents and Young People recognises a broad range of facility-level barriers and negative provider attitudes that limit young people from testing in health facilities.7 Recognising and responding with innovative approaches that will address such barriers and enable more young people to receive HIV testing is needed.8 HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a strategy in which an individual administers his/her own HIV test and interprets his/her test results.9 In its 2019 guidelines, the WHO strongly recommends HIVST as being acceptable and feasible in … ER -