ArticlePloS one2015
Sexual Networks and HIV Risk among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in 6 U.S. Cities.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Advances in research of HIV transmission networks.Chinese medical journal · 2020Pooled it
- The Role of Networks in Racial Disparities in HIV Incidence Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States.AIDS and behavior · 2020Pooled it
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- Age- and Race/Ethnicity-Specific Sex Partner Correlates of Condomless Sex in an Online Sample of Hispanic/Latino, Black/African-American, and White Men Who Have Sex with Men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Trial
- Collective Avoidance of Social and Health Venues and HIV Racial Inequities: Network Modeling of Venue Avoidance on Venue Affiliation, Social Networks, and HIV Risk.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2020Trial
- Structural Network Position and Performance of Health Leaders Within an HIV Prevention Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2018Trial
- Geosocial-networking App Use Among Men who Have Sex with Men in High HIV Community Viral Load Areas of Baltimore City.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Police Harassment and Psychiatric, Sexual, and Substance Use Risk Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women in the HIV Prevention Trials 061 Cohort.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Combining degree centrality and betweenness centrality of molecular networks can effectively pinpoint individuals at high risk of HIV transmission within the network.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Branched sexuality and sexual health among Black cisgender sexual minority men in Baltimore, Maryland: an exploratory study.Culture, health & sexuality · 2023Article
- Associations between social network characteristics and sexual minority disclosure concern among Black men who have sex with men living with and without HIV.The Journal of social issues · 2023Article
- Sexual health discussion practices and HIV clinical care provided by primary care providers in the Southeast United States, K-BAP Study (2017-2018).Family practice · 2023Article
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- Identifying influential neighbors in social networks and venue affiliations among young MSM: a data science approach to predict HIV infection.AIDS (London, England) · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Associations between Police Harassment and Experiences of Violence among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in Six US Cities: the HPTN 061 Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2021Article
- Lost and found: applying network analysis to public health contact tracing for HIV.Applied network science · 2021Article
- Sex Partner Behavior Variation Related to Network Position of and Residential Proximity to Sex Partners Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- The Influence of Peers on PrEP Perceptions and Use Among Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Qualitative Examination.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Article
- Transactional Sex and Incident Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men in Atlanta, Georgia.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSexual networks may place U.S. Black men who have sex with men (MSM) at increased HIV risk.
methodsSelf-reported egocentric sexual network data from the prior six months were collected from 1,349 community-recruited Black MSM in HPTN 061, a multi-component HIV prevention intervention feasibility study. Sexual network composition, size, and density (extent to which members are having sex with one another) were compared by self-reported HIV serostatus and age of the men. GEE models assessed network and other factors associated with having a Black sex partner, having a partner with at least two age category difference (age difference between participant and partner of at least two age group categories), and having serodiscordant/serostatus unknown unprotected anal/vaginal intercourse (SDUI) in the last six months.
resultsOver half had exclusively Black partners in the last six months, 46% had a partner of at least two age category difference, 87% had ≤5 partners. Nearly 90% had sex partners who were also part of their social networks. Among HIV-negative men, not having anonymous/exchange/ trade partners and lower density were associated with having a Black partner; larger sexual network size and having non-primary partners were associated with having a partner with at least two age category difference; and having anonymous/exchange/ trade partners was associated with SDUI. Among HIV-positive men, not having non-primary partners was associated with having a Black partner; no sexual network characteristics were associated with having a partner with at least two age category difference and SDUI.
conclusionsBlack MSM sexual networks were relatively small and often overlapped with the social networks. Sexual risk was associated with having non-primary partners and larger network size. Network interventions that engage the social networks of Black MSM, such as interventions utilizing peer influence, should be developed to address stable partnerships, number of partners, and serostatus disclosure.
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