HIV prevention and sex behaviors as organizing mechanisms in a Facebook group affiliation network among young black men who have sex with men

LE Young, K Fujimoto, JA Schneider - AIDS and Behavior, 2018 - Springer
Online social networking sites (SNS)—the Internet-based platforms that enable connection
and communication between users—are increasingly salient social environments for young …

The women's health needs study among women from countries with high prevalence of female genital mutilation living in the United States: Design, methods, and …

G Besera, MC Snead, M Goodwin, A Smoots, CL Bish… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background The Women's Health Needs Study (WHNS) collected information on the health
characteristics, needs, and experiences, including female genital mutilation (FGM) …

Leveraging complex systems science to advance sexual and gender minority youth health research and equity

TR Moore, EN Foster, C Mair, JG Burke, RWS Coulter - LGBT health, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Over the past two decades, sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth health inequities have
remained the same or widened, highlighting the need for new approaches to foster health …

Associations of spatial mobility with sexual risk behaviors among young men who have sex with men in New York City: A global positioning system (GPS) study

B Kim, SD Regan, D Callander, WC Goedel… - Social Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Spatial contexts and spatial mobility are important factors of the HIV epidemic and sexually
transmitted infections. Using global positioning system (GPS) devices, we examined the …

Methods for assessing Spillover in network-based studies of HIV/AIDS prevention among people who use drugs

AL Buchanan, N Katenka, Y Lee, J Wu, K Pantavou… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) interventions among people who use drugs (PWUD)
often have spillover, also known as interference or dissemination, which occurs when one …

Prevalence and risk factors for HIV infection among heterosexual men recruited from socializing venues in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

NP Ntombela, ABM Kharsany, A Soogun… - AIDS and Behavior, 2021 - Springer
Young heterosexual men have low uptake of HIV prevention and treatment services and
represent an important key population that may require novel strategies. We recruited 1271 …

Integrated molecular and affiliation network analysis: Core-periphery social clustering is associated with HIV transmission patterns

K Fujimoto, D Paraskevis, JC Kuo, CJ Hallmark, J Zhao… - Social networks, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the two-mode core-periphery structures of venue affiliation networks
of younger Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM). The study examined the …

[HTML][HTML] Facebook group affiliation ties, group topics, and HIV behavioral characteristics among young Black men who have sex with men: Potential for public health …

LE Young, K Fujimoto, JA Schneider - SSM-population health, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•YBMSM were more likely to belong to personal/professional development
groups.•YBMSM clustered around pairs of LGBTQ identity, sex, and nightlife …

The Co-evolution of online social networks and syphilis incidence among young black men who have sex with men

LE Young, K Fujimoto - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Network contexts have been implicated in the facilitation of syphilis transmission, however
little is known about the relationship between online social networks, a proxy for physical …

Partner meeting venue typology and sexual risk behaviors among French men who have sex with men

YA Al-Ajlouni, SH Park, JA Schneider… - … journal of STD & …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research has given considerable attention to venues where men who have sex
with men (MSM) meet their sex partners. However, no previous study examined a vast range …