ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2017
Facebook network structure and awareness of preexposure prophylaxis among young men who have sex with men.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among Black/African American men who have sex with other men in Midwestern, United States: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- PrEP Chicago: A randomized controlled peer change agent intervention to promote the adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among young Black men who have sex with men.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2018Trial
- The Role of Social Networks, House Ballrooms, and Religion in HIV Prevention for Black Gay and Bisexual Men: A Scoping Review.AIDS and behavior · 2026Review
- Gay Community Connectedness, Internalized Homonegativity, and HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Attitudes and Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Georgia: A Mediation Analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Awareness and Engagement Among MSM at High Risk of HIV Infection in China: A Multi-City Cross-Sectional Survey.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Examination of multidimensional geographic mobility and sexual behaviour among Black cisgender sexually minoritized men in Chicago.Geospatial health · 2024Article
- Demographic and HIV Status Diversities as Mechanisms of Social Integration and Segregation Among Black Sexual and Gender Minorities Enrolled in a Community-Based Social Network Intervention.Social networks · 2023Article
- Diagnosing PrEP Communication Self-Efficacy in a Community-Based Peer Leader Intervention for Black Sexual Minority Men.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Characterizing the PrEP Continuum for Black and Latinx Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Characterizing Awareness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Manila and Cebu, Philippines: Web-Based Survey of Filipino Cisgender Men Who Have Sex With Men.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Dissemination: Adapting Diffusion Theory to Examine PrEP Adoption.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- The Co-Evolution of Network Structure and PrEP Adoption among a Large Cohort of PrEP Peer Leaders: Implications for Intervention Evaluation and Community Capacity-Building.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- HIV Information Acquisition and Use Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Who Use the Internet: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Mental Health, Social Influences, and HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Utilization Among Men and Transgender Individuals Screening for HIV Prevention Trials.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Individual and Social Network Structure Characteristics Associated with Peer Change Agent Engagement and Impact in a PrEP Intervention.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Socio-Structural and Neighborhood Predictors of Incident Criminal Justice Involvement in a Population-Based Cohort of Young Black MSM and Transgender Women.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- The Role of Social Support in HIV Testing and PrEP Awareness among Young Black Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men or Transgender Women.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- PrEP4Love: The Role of Messaging and Prevention Advocacy in PrEP Attitudes, Perceptions, and Uptake Among YMSM and Transgender Women.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2020Article
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- Sociocultural influences on attitudes towards pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), history of PrEP use, and future PrEP use in HIV-vulnerable cisgender men who have sex with men across the U.S.Annals of LGBTQ public and population health · 2020Article
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backgroundYoung Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) are the only population in the United States who have experienced rising human immunodeficiency virus incidence over the past decade. Consistent pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use can substantially reduce the risk of human immunodeficiency virus acquisition. What differentiates those who become aware of PrEP, and those who do not, remains largely unknown.
methodsThe social networks of YBMSM can impact their awareness of PrEP; to examine this impact, we used two waves of Facebook data from "uConnect"-a longitudinal cohort study of YBMSM in Chicago (n = 266).
resultsWhile PrEP awareness increased from 45% at baseline to 75% at follow-up, its use remained low (4% and 6%). There were 88 PrEP-unaware individuals at baseline who became aware (BA) by follow-up, and 56 who remained persistently unaware. While the persistently unawares had a higher median number of total Facebook friends, the BAs had a higher median numbers of friends who participated in uConnect, who were PrEP-aware, and who practiced behaviors previously found to be associated with individual-level awareness of PrEP at baseline. The BAs also had substantially more "influential" friends.
conclusionThese findings demonstrate the potential of social networks in raising PrEP awareness and use among YBMSM.
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