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ArticleAmerican journal of men's health2017

Childhood Exposure to Religions With High Prevalence of Members Who Discourage Homosexuality Is Associated With Adult HIV Risk Behaviors and HIV Infection in Black Men Who Have Sex With Men.

LaRon E Nelson, Leo Wilton, Nanhua Zhang, Rotrease Regan, Chia T Thach, Typhanye V Dyer, Sameer Kushwaha, Rev Edwin C Sanders, Omar Ndoye, Kenneth H Mayer and 1 more

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Article in American journal of men's health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

LaRon E Nelson1 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Leo Wilton2 State University of New York at Binghamton, NY, USA.
Nanhua Zhang4 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Rotrease Regan5 University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Chia T Thach7 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Typhanye V Dyer8 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Sameer Kushwaha9 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rev Edwin C Sanders10 Metropolitan Interdenominational Church, Nashville, TN, USA.
Omar Ndoye1 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Kenneth H Mayer12 The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
HPTN 061 Study Team
University of Rochester · USBinghamton University · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USFenway Health · USMetropolitan Interdenominational Church · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USUniversity of South Florida · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

LOC: HIV Prevention Trials NetworkUM1AI068619 · NIAID · FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL · PI MYRON Scott COHEN, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe · 2011 to 2026
$779.5M
Minority Populations Prevention Researcher TrainingR25HD045810 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI NEILANDS, TORSTEN BRIAN · 2003 to 2018
$4.3M
NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068619NICHD NIH HHS R25 HD045810
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to childhood religious affiliations where the majority of members discourage homosexuality may have negative psychological impacts for Black men who have sex with men. This study tested the hypothesis that exposures to these environments during childhood were associated with adulthood human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted infection (STI) behavioral risk and HIV infection, because these exposures influenced HIV/STI risk by undermining race/sexual identity congruence and increasing internalized homophobia and interpersonal anxiety. Structural equation modeling as well as logistic and Poisson regressions were performed using baseline data from HIV Prevention Trials Network 061 ( N = 1,553). Childhood religion affiliations that were more discouraging of homosexuality were associated with increased likelihood of HIV infection; however, the association was no longer significant after adjusting for age, income, and education. Having a childhood religion affiliation with high prevalence of beliefs discouraging homosexuality was associated with increased numbers of sexual partners (adjusted odds ratio = 4.31; 95% confidence interval [3.76, 4.94], p < .01). The hypothesized path model was largely supported and accounted for 37% of the variance in HIV infection; however, interpersonal anxiety was not associated with HIV/STI risk behaviors. Structural interventions are needed that focus on developing affirming theologies in religious institutions with Black men who have sex with men congregants.

Indexed as

Black or African AmericanHomosexuality, MaleReligionAdolescentAdultAgedDemographyHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk-TakingSexually Transmitted DiseasesSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultgender issues and sexual orientationhomophobiahomosexualitymen’s studiesrisk behaviors

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PMID26758708
PMCPMC5675212
OpenAlexW2232852073

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