TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiplex crack smoking and sexual networks
T2 - associations between network members’ incarceration and HIV risks among high-risk MSM
AU - Fujimoto, Kayo
AU - Kim, Ju Yeong
AU - Ross, Michael W.
AU - Williams, Mark L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - This study examined HIV risks in the multiplex crack-smoking and sexual networks of incarcerated drug-using men who have sex with men (MSM) and their associates. We estimated the associations between the network members’ incarceration, self-reported HIV infection, and trading sex for money. Our analytic sample consisted of 508 crack-smoking or sexual partnerships of 273 high-risk MSM. Network members were specified by (1) crack smoking and sexual behavior or (2) crack smoking only. Longer incarceration of the crack-smoking and sexual network members was associated with self-reported HIV infection (AOR = 1.61, p < 0.05), which extended up to one’s partners’ partners’ partners (AOR = 1.63, p < 0.05). Similar results were found for trading sex (AOR = 2.77, p < 0.05). The findings of the study call for the development of a system-level HIV intervention among former incarcerated MSM and their associates.
AB - This study examined HIV risks in the multiplex crack-smoking and sexual networks of incarcerated drug-using men who have sex with men (MSM) and their associates. We estimated the associations between the network members’ incarceration, self-reported HIV infection, and trading sex for money. Our analytic sample consisted of 508 crack-smoking or sexual partnerships of 273 high-risk MSM. Network members were specified by (1) crack smoking and sexual behavior or (2) crack smoking only. Longer incarceration of the crack-smoking and sexual network members was associated with self-reported HIV infection (AOR = 1.61, p < 0.05), which extended up to one’s partners’ partners’ partners (AOR = 1.63, p < 0.05). Similar results were found for trading sex (AOR = 2.77, p < 0.05). The findings of the study call for the development of a system-level HIV intervention among former incarcerated MSM and their associates.
KW - Criminal justice involvement
KW - HIV STI/infection
KW - HIV transmission networks
KW - Men who have sex with men
KW - Network proximity
KW - Social network analysis
KW - Three degrees of influence
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U2 - 10.1007/s10865-016-9754-6
DO - 10.1007/s10865-016-9754-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 27417286
AN - SCOPUS:84978924202
SN - 0160-7715
VL - 39
SP - 845
EP - 854
JO - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 5
ER -
