ArticleAIDS care2017
Someone to count on: social support as an effect modifier of viral load suppression in a prospective cohort study.
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68 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Social network strategies to distribute HIV self-testing kits: a global systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled 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
- Uptake of Appointment Spacing Model of Care and Determinants Among Adult Clients on Antiretroviral Treatment in Ethiopia.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CarePooled it
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- Associations of Trajectories of Loneliness and Neighborhood Stability with Depression, Alcohol and Substance Use, and Quality of Life among Women Living with HIV.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- The Association Between Healthcare Provider Trust and Healthcare Avoidance: Findings From a HIV Mixed Serostatus Cohort Study.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2026Article
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- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Support Networks of Gay and Bisexual Men with HIV in New York City.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Article
- Role of Individual and Network Factors in HIV Care Continuum Outcomes among PLWH: An Egocentric Network Study in Yunnan, China.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Structural Inequities, Syndemics, and Resilience: The Critical Role of Social Support in Overcoming Barriers and Empowering Engagement in HIV Care for Young Black Sexual-Minority Men in the US South.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Socio-cognitive facilitators of ART-adherence among predominantly black sexual and gender minoritized persons living with HIV in Atlanta, Georgia: a latent profile analysis.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Analyzing Social Support from Facebook on Viral Suppression among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Developing an mHealth program to improve HIV care continuum outcomes among young Black gay and bisexual men.BMC public health · 2024Article
- "It's a Lot of Closets to Come Out of in This Life": Experiences of Brazilian Gay Men Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus at the Time of Diagnosis and Its Biopsychosocial Impacts.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
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Abstract
Though functional social support has been shown to serve as a protective factor for HIV viral load suppression in other populations, scant research has examined this relationship among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States. We assessed characteristics of social support, effects of social support on HIV viral load, and moderation by social support of the relationship between psychosocial indicators of a synergistic epidemic (syndemic) and HIV viral load. We analyzed longitudinal data from HIV-positive MSM using antiretroviral therapy who were enrolled in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study between 2002 and 2009 (n = 712). First, we conducted reliability assessments of a one-item social support measure. Then, we conducted a series of generalized longitudinal mixed models to assess our research questions. Moderation was assessed using an interaction term. A three-level (low/medium/high) social support variable demonstrated high reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients = 0.72; 95% CI: 0.70, 0.75). Black and Hispanic MSM reported lower social support than their White counterparts (p < .0001). Recent sero-conversion was associated with higher social support (p < .05). Higher numbers of concomitant syndemic indicators (depression, polysubstance use, and condomless anal sex) were associated with lower social support (p < .0001). Medium and high social support levels were associated with greater viral load suppression and lower viral load means (p < .0001). Social support moderated the relationships between syndemic and HIV viral load (p < .05). HIV-positive MSM, particularly those of color, may benefit greatly from interventions that can successfully boost functional social support. Creating strengths-based interventions may also have particularly high impact among HIV-positive MSM with the highest psychosocial burdens.
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