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Programmes/ Projects Supported by ATF

2020

Programmes / Projects supported by the AIDS Trust Fund in December 2020

MSS 349 R
Application: Developing and evaluating an innovative HIV self-testing service with online real-time instruction, pre-test and post-test counselling provided by a fully-automated artificial intelligence Chatbot (HIVST-Chatbot)
Applicant: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Objectives: The objectives of this project are:
  1. An innovative HIV self-testing (HIVST) services with real-time counselling provided by a fully-automated artificial intelligence Chatbot (HIVST-Chatbot) will be developed. The primary objectives are to compare the efficacy of HIVST-Chatbot versus an evidence-based intervention (HIVST-OIC, HIVST with real-time counselling provided by trained administrators) in increasing HIVST uptake and proportion of HIVST users receiving counselling along with testing.
Project Duration: April 2021 to March 2023
Contact Person: Prof. Zixin WANG
Centre for Health Behaviours Research,
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Room 508, School of Public Health,
Prince of Wales Hospital,
Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
Telephone: 2252 8740
Fax: 2645 3098