ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2016
A social network typology and sexual risk-taking among men who have sex with men in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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- Evidence of social network influence on multiple HIV risk behaviors and normative beliefs among young Tanzanian men.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2016Trial
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- The power of women's and men's Social Networks to catalyse normative and behavioural change: evaluation of an intervention addressing Unmet need for Family Planning in Benin.BMC public health · 2022Article
- HIV risk perception and sexual behavior among HIV-uninfected men and transgender women who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from the HPTN 075 qualitative sub-study.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Depression, Loneliness, and Sexual Risk-Taking Among HIV-Negative/Unknown Men Who Have Sex with Men in China.Archives of sexual behavior · 2018Article
- Breakage is the norm: use of condoms and lubrication in anal sex among Black South African men who have sex with men.Culture, health & sexuality · 2017Article
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Abstract
Despite the high prevalence of HIV among men who have sex with men in South Africa, very little is known about their lived realities, including their social and sexual networks. Given the influence of social network structure on sexual risk behaviours, a better understanding of the social contexts of men who have sex with men is essential for informing the design of HIV programming and messaging. This study explored social network connectivity, an understudied network attribute, examining self-reported connectivity between friends, family and sex partners. Data were collected in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa, from 78 men who have sex with men who participated in in-depth interviews that included a social network mapping component. Five social network types emerged from the content analysis of these social network maps based on the level of connectivity between family, friends and sex partners, and ranged from disconnected to densely connected networks. The ways in which participants reported sexual risk-taking differed across the five network types, revealing diversity in social network profiles. HIV programming and messaging for this population can greatly benefit from recognising the diversity in lived realities and social connections between men who have sex with men.
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