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hiv selftesting hivst recommended improve hiv testing services china initiated first hivst pilots world providing unique opportunity implementation research aim investigate hivst adoption following linkage care among chinese men sex men msm data collected using online questionnaire distributed major social media platforms 2018 one year hivst officially endorsed allowed sale msm least 16 years old assigned male birth ever tested hiv eligible primary outcome adoption defined ever use hivst bivariate multivariable logistic regressions performed explore association hivst adoption sociodemographic behavioral factors linkage care also described via following sequential events indicators 1 receiving result recent test 2 seeking care healthcare facility test result positive indeterminate 3 delayed time seeking care total 540 participants included average age 274 66 never married 874 half completed college 522 overall 752 adopted hivst selftest kits commonly obtained communitybased organizations 544 online 466 hivst adoption positively associated college higher education 166 95ci 107257 negatively associated age older 30 aor 052 95ci 032084 adoption associated sociodemographic behavioral factors receiving hivpositive indeterminate results 2525 hivst adopters sought care 3 7 429 nonadopters sought care p 0001 delays seeking care significantly different hivst adopters compared nonadopters p 0366 many msm adopted hivst shortly launch findings suggested hivst linkage care promising among msm china integration hivst essential sexual health services needed