Lancet
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The Chinese government now encourages innovation, and more specifically, crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing, the process of shifting individual tasks to a large group, might reimagine health communication, making it more people-centred. We aimed to compare the effectiveness of a crowdsourced versus social marketing condom promotion video to promote condom use. ⋯ US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID; 1R01AI114310); University of North Carolina (UNC)-South China Sexually Transmitted Disease Research Training Centre (Fogarty International Centre; 1D43TW009532); UNC Center for AIDS Research (NIAID; 5P30AI050410); University of California San Francisco Centre for AIDS Research (NIAID; P30 AI027763); US National Institute of Mental Health (R00MH093201 to CW); UNC Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Morehead School of Medicine and Tulane University (UJMT) Fogarty Fellowship (FIC R25TW0093); Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship; US National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR001111).
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HIV self-testing holds great promise for reaching high-risk key populations who do not access facility-based services, but it has rarely been evaluated outside of structured research settings. HIV self-testing is a process by which a person takes and interprets a test. We aimed to characterise implementation of unsupervised HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. ⋯ National Institutes of Health (NIAID 1R01AI114310-01), UNC-South China STD Research Training Center (FIC 1D43TW009532-01), UNC Center for AIDS Research (NIAID 5P30AI050410-13), UCSF Center for AIDS Research (NIAID P30 AI027763), NIMH (R00MH093201), Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship (FIC R25TW0093), and SESH Global.
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In recent years, hazardous dust-hazehas become one of the most catastrophic weather events in China. Reliable estimation of the burden of dust-haze on health has implications for implementation of mitigation measures. We did a time-series study to examine the health effects of dust-haze in China. ⋯ National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No 2012CB955504). C-Q Ou was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81573249). No funding bodies had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the abstract.
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The role that inflammation plays in the development of prostate cancer is unknown. We aimed to assess whether an anti-inflammatory drug or antibiotic, or both, could prevent prostate cancer occurrence and delay transformation to castration-resistant prostate cancer. ⋯ The Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award 2013, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81300627 and 81370855) and Programs from Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2013SZ0006 and 2014JY0219).
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The rising incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer (CRC) in China highlights the pressing need for population-based screening. Flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) is becoming increasingly popular as a primary screening tool; and in many regions of China, colonoscopy capacity is limited. However, FS is preferred for patients with a low risk of advanced proximal neoplasia (APN; ie, higher numbers needed to screen [NNS], since the test predominantly examines the distal colon. Tailoring endoscopic screening based on the risk of APN is necessary, especially in resource-deprived regions. Since old age and female sex are two important CRC risk factors, we hypothesised that younger Chinese women aged 50-59 years had a significantly lower APN rate than did older Chinese men. ⋯ None.