Trial reportSocial science & medicine (1982)2016
Evidence of social network influence on multiple HIV risk behaviors and normative beliefs among young Tanzanian men.
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Microfinance and Health Intervention Trial for Youth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Self-Test Strategies and Linkage Incentives to Improve ART and PrEP Uptake in Men
Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Peer network influence on intimate partner violence perpetration among urban Tanzanian men.Culture, health & sexuality · 2018Trial
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- Social Networks and HIV Care Outcomes in Rural Kenya and Uganda.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2021Article
- Migration, Social Networks, and HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Involuntary Bachelors in Rural China.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Is It the Timing? Short-Term Mobility and Coital Frequency in Agbogbloshie, Ghana.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Normative vs personal attitudes toward persons with HIV, and the mediating role of perceived HIV stigma in rural Uganda.Journal of global health · 2021Article
- The Influence of Social Networks on Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Among HIV-Infected Antiretroviral Therapy-Naive Youth in Rural Kenya and Uganda.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2020Article
- Using Social Networks to Understand and Overcome Implementation Barriers in the Global HIV Response.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Review
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Abstract
Research on network-level influences on HIV risk behaviors among young men in sub-Saharan Africa is severely lacking. One significant gap in the literature that may provide direction for future research with this population is understanding the degree to which various HIV risk behaviors and normative beliefs cluster within men's social networks. Such research may help us understand which HIV-related norms and behaviors have the greatest potential to be changed through social influence. Additionally, few network-based studies have described the structure of social networks of young men in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the structure of men's peer networks may motivate future research examining the ways in which network structures shape the spread of information, adoption of norms, and diffusion of behaviors. We contribute to filling these gaps by using social network analysis and multilevel modeling to describe a unique dataset of mostly young men (n = 1249 men and 242 women) nested within 59 urban social networks in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We examine the means, ranges, and clustering of men's HIV-related normative beliefs and behaviors. Networks in this urban setting varied substantially in both composition and structure and a large proportion of men engaged in risky behaviors including inconsistent condom use, sexual partner concurrency, and intimate partner violence perpetration. We found significant clustering of normative beliefs and risk behaviors within these men's social networks. Specifically, network membership explained between 5.78 and 7.17% of variance in men's normative beliefs and between 1.93 and 15.79% of variance in risk behaviors. Our results suggest that social networks are important socialization sites for young men and may influence the adoption of norms and behaviors. We conclude by calling for more research on men's social networks in Sub-Saharan Africa and map out several areas of future inquiry.
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