(Q31767)
Statements
HIV biomedical intervention uptake is suboptimal among Black sexually minoritized men (SMM) and transgender women (TW). (English)
PURPOSE (English)
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2024
Venues where people meet and interact shape HIV-related risk and prevention behaviors. (English)
PURPOSE (English)
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2024
We aimed to construct GPS-defined venue-based affiliation networks and identify the unique set of venues that could maximize reach of HIV biomedical interventions among Black SMM and TW. (English)
PURPOSE (English)
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2024
We used baseline survey and GPS data from 272 Black SMM and TW in the Neighborhoods and Networks (N2) Cohort Study in Chicago, Illinois (2018-2019). (English)
METHODS (English)
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2024
We mapped participants' GPS data to the nearest pre-identified SMM- and TW-friendly venue (n = 222) to construct affiliation networks. (English)
METHODS (English)
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2024
Network analyses were performed to identify influential venues that can yield high reach to intervention candidates. (English)
METHODS (English)
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2024
Participants were affiliated with 75.5 % of all pre-identified venues based on GPS data. (English)
RESULTS (English)
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2024
Two influential venues were identified in the non-PrEP use network, which when combined, could reach 52.5 % of participants not taking PrEP. (English)
RESULTS (English)
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2024
Participants that could be reached through these two influential venues reported more non-main sex partners than participants not affiliated with either venue (p = 0.049). (English)
RESULTS (English)
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2024
We demonstrate a potential for GPS-defined venue-based affiliation networks to identify unique combinations of venues that could maximize the impact of HIV prevention interventions. (English)
CONCLUSION (English)
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2024
Yen-Tyng (English)
Chen (English)
YT
Cho-Hee (English)
Shrader (English)
CH
Dustin T (English)
Duncan (English)
DT
Abby E (English)
Rudolph (English)
AE
Seann D (English)
Regan (English)
SD
Byoungjun (English)
Kim (English)
B
Jade (English)
Pagkas-Bather (English)
J
Justin (English)
Knox (English)
J
Kayo (English)
Fujimoto (English)
K
John A (English)
Schneider (English)
JA
2 September 2024
28 July 2024
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (English)