From the ∗BC Centre for Disease Control
†Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
‡Central Clinic School, Monash University
§Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
¶School of Health & Life Science, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland
∥Interior Health Authority, Kelowna
∗∗School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
††Island Health Authority, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Acknowledgments: The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Hsiu-Ju Chang in assisting with study implementation and analysis, and Devon Haag, Heather Pedersen, Sophie Bannar-Martin, and Maja Karlsson for bringing their experience as implementers of GetCheckedOnline to study design and interpretation of findings.
Funding for this study was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grants PHE-114129 and PHE-318068), which played no other role in this study.
Conflict of Interest and Sources of Funding: None declared.
Ethics Approval: Ethics approval for this study was granted by the University of British Columbia's Behavioural Research Ethics Board (certificate no. H18-00437).
Patient Consent: This study used available health administrative data, and individual patient consent was not required. Use of GetCheckedOnline data for this study was consistent with the terms of use agreed to by all users of the service.
Contributors: J.W., M.G., and A.Z. designed the study, with A.Z. led the data collection, analysis, reporting, and initial drafting of the manuscript. A.A. supported additional data analyses. T.G. and G.O. contributed to study design, with T.G., G.O., C.E., A.A., S.M., D.H., and C.K.F. contributing to the interpretation of findings. All authors contributed to the preparation of this article.
Correspondence: Mark Gilbert, MD, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, 655 West 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R4, Canada. E-mail: [email protected].
Received for publication July 28, 2022, and accepted October 28, 2022.
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