ArticleAmerican journal of men's health2011
Using a syndemics theory approach to study HIV risk taking in a population of men who use the internet to find partners for unprotected sex.
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- The Social Geography of Partner Selection in Toronto, Canada: A Qualitative Description of "Convection Mixing".Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Article
- Longitudinal Effects of Syndemics on HIV-Positive Sexual Minority Men's Sexual Health Behaviors.Archives of sexual behavior · 2019Article
- Using Syndemics Theory to Investigate Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Condomless Sex Among Youth Living with HIV in 17 U.S. Cities.AIDS and behavior · 2017Article
- Knowledge about HIV in a Community Sample of Urban African Americans in the South.Journal of AIDS & clinical research · 2016Article
- The Value of Using a Syndemics Theory Conceptual Model to Understand the Factors Associated with Obesity in a Southern, Urban Community Sample of Disadvantaged African-American Adults.Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA · 2016Article
- How the Interaction of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Gender Relates to HIV Risk Practices among Urban-Dwelling African Americans.Journal of AIDS and HIV infections · 2016Article
- Prediction of HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Disadvantaged African American Adults Using a Syndemic Conceptual Framework.AIDS and behavior · 2016Article
- Syndemic factors associated with drinking patterns among Latino men and Latina transgender women who have sex with men in New York City.Addiction research & theory · 2016Article
- The Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Alcohol-Related Problems in a Community Sample of African American Women.Journal of addiction · 2016Article
- Semen Arousal: Its Prevalence, Relationship to HIV Risk Practices, and Predictors among Men Using the Internet to Find Male Partners for Unprotected Sex.Journal of AIDS & clinical research · 2016Article
- An evaluation of a community-based food supplementation for people living with HIV in Ghana: implications for community-based interventions in Ghana.BMC research notes · 2015Article
- Suicide related ideation and behavior among Canadian gay and bisexual men: a syndemic analysis.BMC public health · 2015Article
- A Longitudinal Investigation of Syndemic Conditions Among Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other MSM: The P18 Cohort Study.AIDS and behavior · 2015Article
- A mixed methods study of health and social disparities among substance-using African American/Black men who have sex with men.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2015Article
- Psychological symptoms are associated with both abstinence and risky sex among men with HIV.Archives of sexual behavior · 2015Article
- Condom use self-efficacy and HIV risk practices among men who use the internet to find male partners for unprotected sex.American journal of men's health · 2014Article
- Early life emotional neglect and HIV risk taking among men using the Internet to find other men for unprotected sex.Child abuse & neglect · 2014Article
- A syndemic including cigarette smoking and sexual risk behaviors among a sample of MSM in Shanghai, China.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2013Article
- Mental Health Functioning Among Men who Use the Internet Specifically to Find Partners for Unprotected Sex.Mental illness · 2013Article
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Abstract
This study examines the value of using syndemics theory as a model for understanding HIV risk taking in a population of men who are at great risk for acquiring and/or transmitting HIV. The principal aim is to provide an empirical test of the applicability of the theory to sexual risk behaviors in this particular research population. The study was based on a national random sample of 332 men who have sex with men, or MSM, who use the Internet to seek men with whom they can engage in unprotected sex. Data collection was conducted via telephone interviews between January 2008 and May 2009. As hypothesized in the syndemics theory model, attitudes toward condom use were central to understanding men's involvement in risky sex. As hypothesized, these attitudes depended on various demographic, psychological/psychosocial functioning, and sex-related preference measures. Also as hypothesized, psychological and psychosocial functioning were found to be very important to the overall model, and as expected, these factors were shaped greatly by factors such as demographic characteristics and childhood maltreatment experiences. The structural equation assessing the fit of the overall model indicated solid support for the syndemics theory approach. Overall, syndemics theory seems to apply fairly well to understanding the complexity of the factors that underlie men's risk-taking practices. The complicated interplay among factors such as attitudes toward condom use, childhood maltreatment experiences, psychological and psychosocial functioning, and substance use and abuse-all of which are central to a syndemics theory approach to studying risk-was demonstrated.
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