Search strategies for "Consolidating emerging evidence surrounding HIV self-testing (HIVST) & HIV self-sampling (HIVSS)"

Falconer, J. 2016. Search strategies for "Consolidating emerging evidence surrounding HIV self-testing (HIVST) & HIV self-sampling (HIVSS)". [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001022.

Falconer, J. Search strategies for "Consolidating emerging evidence surrounding HIV self-testing (HIVST) & HIV self-sampling (HIVSS)" [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2016. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001022.

Falconer, J (2016). Search strategies for "Consolidating emerging evidence surrounding HIV self-testing (HIVST) & HIV self-sampling (HIVSS)". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001022.

Description

The following databases were searched: Ovid SP Medline (Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present, searched on 14 October 2016; OvidSP Embase 1974 to 2016 October 13, searched on 14 October 2016; OvidSP Global Health 1910 to 2016 week 39, searched on 14 October 2016; OvidSP Social Policy & Practice 201607, searched on 14 October 2016; OvidSP PsycINFO 1806 to October week 1 2016, searched on 14 October 2016; OvidSP HMIC 1979 to September 2016, searched on 14 October 2016; OvidSP Econlit 1886 to September 2016, searched on 18 October 2016; EBSCOhost CINAHL Plus, searched on 14 October 2016; Wiley Cochrane Library, searched on 14 October 2016; Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection, searched on 17 October 2016; and Elsevier SCOPUS, searched on 17 October 2016. All searched were limited to English language only and to results published from 2006 to present. Complete search strategies for each database are provided below. A total of 8860 items were retrieved. After duplicates were removed, 3571 unique items were retrieved. For each database, these searches were used to create a monthly alert which emailed new papers to CW.

Methods

Data capture method

Compilation/Synthesis

Data Collection Period

From	To
October 2016	October 2016

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

October 2016

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Falconer, J
Associated roles	Witzel, C
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Academic Services & Administration > Library Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Public Health, Environments and Society
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom