Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2013
The dynamic relationship between social norms and behaviors: the results of an HIV prevention network intervention for injection drug users.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Peer education for HIV prevention among high-risk groups: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Psychosocial Interventions to Reduce Drug and Sexual Blood Borne Virus Risk Behaviours Among People Who Inject Drugs.AIDS and behavior · 2017Pooled it
- Behavioral Modeling and its Association with PrEP and ART Use in Ugandan HIV-Serodifferent Couples.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- Overall, Direct, Spillover, and Composite Effects of Components of a Peer-Driven Intervention Package on Injection Risk Behavior Among People Who Inject Drugs in the HPTN 037 Study.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- Role of Social Network Sexual Norms and Behaviors on the HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors of People Who Inject Drugs in HPTN 037.AIDS and behavior · 2019Trial
- PrEP Chicago: A randomized controlled peer change agent intervention to promote the adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among young Black men who have sex with men.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2018Trial
- Project nGage: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dyadic Network Support Intervention to Retain Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men in HIV Care.AIDS and behavior · 2017Trial
- Evaluating network-level predictors of behavior change among injection networks enrolled in the HPTN 037 randomized controlled trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Trial
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- Sensitivity analysis for contamination in egocentric-network randomized trials with interference.Biostatistics (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Estimation and inference for causal spillover effects in egocentric-network randomized trials in the presence of network membership misclassification.Biostatistics (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Determinants of Smoking Among University Students in Northern Iraq.Journal of research in health sciences · 2025Article
- Effects of Online Friendships on Safer Sex Communication and Behavior among Black Sexual Minority Men: A Study of Network Exposure.Health communication · 2024Article
- A mixed methods exploration of injection drug use risk behaviors and place-based norms in Ukraine.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
- American Singles' Attitudes Toward Future Romantic/Sexual Partners' COVID-19 Vaccination Status: Evidence for both Vigilance and Indifference in a National Sample.Sexuality & culture · 2023Article
- Methods for Assessing Spillover in Network-Based Studies of HIV/AIDS Prevention among People Who Use Drugs.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Mediating Role of Recall of Intervention Knowledge in the Relationship Between a Peer-Driven Intervention and HIV Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Factors influencing adolescent experimental and current smoking behaviors based on social cognitive theory: A cross-sectional study in Xiamen.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Diagnosing PrEP Communication Self-Efficacy in a Community-Based Peer Leader Intervention for Black Sexual Minority Men.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimsSocial norms are a key source of influence on health behaviors. This study examined changes in social norms and relationships between HIV injection risk behaviors and social norms among injection drug users (IDUs) involved in an experimental intervention.
designRandomized clinical trial.
settingAn HIV Prevention Trials Network study, Philadelphia, USA.
participantsIDUs, called indexes, and their social network members, who were drug or sex partners, were recruited for an HIV prevention intervention and followed for up to 30 months (n = 652). Indexes were randomized into a peer education intervention or control condition. MEASUREMENTS: Outcomes of injection-related HIV risk behaviors (sharing needles, sharing cookers, sharing cotton, front-/back-loading) were measured every 6 months and the social norms of these four risk behaviors were assessed every 12 months.
findingsThere was a statistically significant intervention effect on all four social norms of injection behaviors, with participants in the intervention reporting less risky social norms compared with controls (changes in mean score: needles, -0.24, P = 0.007; cookers, -0.33, P = .004; cottons, -0.28, P = .0165; front-/back-loading, -0.23, P = .002). There was also a statistically significant bidirectional association with social norms predicting injection risk behaviors at the next assessment and risk behaviors predicting social norms at the subsequent visit.
conclusionsThrough social network interventions it is feasible to change both injection risk behaviors and associated social norms. However, it is critical that social network interventions focus on publically highlighting behavior changes, as changing social norms without awareness of behaviors change may lead to relapse of risk behaviors.
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