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ArticleAIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education2016

Friends, Sisters, and Wives: Social Support and Social Risks in Peer Relationships Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in India.

Cecilia Tomori, Aylur K Srikrishnan, Kathleen Ridgeway, Sunil S Solomon, Shruti H Mehta, Suniti Solomon, David D Celentano

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Article in AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors.

Cecilia TomoriJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, Maryland.
Aylur K SrikrishnanYR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Chennai, India.
Kathleen RidgewayJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health.
Sunil S SolomonJohns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Shruti H MehtaJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, Maryland.
Suniti SolomonYR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Chennai, India.
David D CelentanoJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, Maryland.

Funding

Vaccine Response and Immunotherapeutics SWGP30AI094189 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Richard E. Chaisson · 2012 to 2026
$67.0M
Preventing HIV Infection Among MSM in Southern IndiaR01MH089266 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CELENTANO, DAVID D. · 2010 to 2015
$2.9M
Improving HIV testing among wives of MSM in IndiaR21MH101059 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SOLOMON, SUNIL SUHAS · 2013 to 2014
$396k
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI094189NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH089266NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH101059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally, men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk for HIV. Many HIV-prevention efforts rely on community outreach and mobilization to engage MSM. This study examines peer relationships and their potential role in HIV prevention through 31 focus group discussions (FGDS) and 121 in-depth interviews (IDIs) with 363 MSM across 15 sites in India. Results indicate that MSM receive social support in friendships, sex-worker collaborations, constructed kin relationships, and romantic partnerships. Access to these relationships, however, is uneven across MSM, and can carry risks of disclosure of same-sex behavior and exclusion based on HIV- positive status. Positive peer relationships can serve as the basis of community empowerment, education, and couple-based interventions for MSM, and peer counselors can also provide a buffer against the social risks of peer relationships and facilitate linkage to care and continued engagement in treatment. These insights can improve HIV interventions for MSM in India and elsewhere.

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FriendsSiblingsSocial SupportSpousesAdultFemaleFocus GroupsHealth ServicesHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansIndiaInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedQualitative Research

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PMID27459166
PMCPMC4966165

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