ArticleAIDS and behavior2019
MSM Behavior Disclosure Networks and HIV Testing: An Egocentric Network Analysis Among MSM in China.
Article in AIDS and behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04379206 (Social Network Approach for Increasing Testing Coverage Among Men Who Have Sex With Men), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Social Network Approach for Increasing Testing Coverage Among Men Who Have Sex With Men
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Impact of Social Media Use on HIV Testing and Related Mediator among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shandong Province, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Social network characteristics and HIV testing among older adults in South Africa.Ageing and society · 2023Article
- Factors that Affect the Frequency of HIV Testing in College Men Who Have Sex with Men - Northeast China, 2017-2018.China CDC weekly · 2022Article
- Chained multimediator model of sexual orientation disclosure, sexual minority stigma, sexual minority identity, social support, and resilience among ymsms.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Social network distribution of syphilis self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Syphilis Testing as a Proxy Marker for a Subgroup of Men Who Have Sex With Men With a Central Role in HIV-1 Transmission in Guangzhou, China.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Lack of sexual behavior disclosure may distort STI testing outcomes.BMC public health · 2020Article
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12 authors at 11 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Men who have sex with men (MSM) disclose same-sex behaviors with others, creating disclosure networks. This study examined the characteristics of disclosure networks that are associated with HIV testing among MSM in China through an online nationwide survey. Name-generator questions were used to ask each participant ("ego") to nominate up to five social network members ("alters") with whom he had disclosed same-sex behaviors. Among the 806 men, the average disclosure network size was 4.05. MSM who reported larger disclosure networks were more likely to have been tested for HIV (aOR 1.21, 95% CI 1.08-1.34). The most common disclosure network alters were friends (45.1%), followed by sex partners (18.7%) and healthcare professionals (2.5%). Men who disclosed to healthcare professionals were more likely to test for HIV compared to men who disclosed to family members (aOR 5.43, 95% CI 2.11-14.04). Our findings can inform disclosure network-based interventions to promote MSM HIV testing.
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