ArticleAIDS and behavior2018
HIV Prevention and Sex Behaviors as Organizing Mechanisms in a Facebook Group Affiliation Network Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men.
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- Associations between social network characteristics and sexual minority disclosure concern among Black men who have sex with men living with and without HIV.The Journal of social issues · 2023Article
- Social Media Communication and Network Correlates of HIV Infection and Transmission Risks Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Cross-sectional Digital Epidemiology Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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- Analytic Advances in Social Networks and Health in the Twenty-First Century.Journal of health and social behavior · 2022Review
- Machine Learning and Clinical Informatics for Improving HIV Care Continuum Outcomes.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2021Review
- Individual and Social Network Structure Characteristics Associated with Peer Change Agent Engagement and Impact in a PrEP Intervention.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Individual and Social Network Factors Associated with High Self-efficacy of Communicating about Men's Health Issues with Peers among Black MSM in an Urban Setting.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- Using Social Networks to Understand and Overcome Implementation Barriers in the Global HIV Response.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Review
- PrEP indicators, social capital and social group memberships among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.Culture, health & sexuality · 2019Article
- Facebook group affiliation ties, group topics, and HIV behavioral characteristics among young Black men who have sex with men: Potential for public health intervention.SSM - population health · 2019Article
- Exploring the Social Structure of a Health-Related Online Community for Tobacco Cessation: A Two-Mode Network Approach.Studies in health technology and informatics · 2019Article
- The multiplex social environments of young Black men who have sex with men: How online and offline social structures impact HIV prevention and sex behavior engagement.Journal of social structure : JOSS · 2019Article
- The Effect of Using Geosocial Networking Apps on the HIV Incidence Rate Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Eighteen-Month Prospective Cohort Study in Shenyang, China.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
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Abstract
Online social networking sites (SNS)-the Internet-based platforms that enable connection and communication between users-are increasingly salient social environments for young adults and, consequently, offer tremendous opportunity for HIV behavioral research and intervention among vulnerable populations like young men who have sex with men (YMSM). Drawing from a cohort of 525 young Black MSM (YBMSM) living in Chicago, IL, USA April 2014-May 2015, we conducted social network analysis, estimating an exponential random graph model (ERGM) to model YBMSM's group affiliations on Facebook in relation to their sex behaviors and HIV prevention traits. A group's privacy setting-public, closed, or secret-was also modeled as a potential moderator of that relationship. Findings reveal that HIV positive individuals were more likely to affiliate with Facebook groups, while those who engaged in group sex were less likely to do so. When it came to the privacy of groups, we learned that HIV positive individuals tended not to belong to groups with greater privacy (e.g., closed and secret groups), while individuals who engaged in group sex and those who engaged in regular HIV testing were more likely to belong to those groups. Results also showed that individuals who engaged in condomless sex showed significant signs of clustering around the same set of groups. HIV positive individuals, on the other hand, were significantly less likely to demonstrate clustering. Implications for interventions and future research are discussed.
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