Sybil Hosek, Marne Castillo, Anna Hotton, Christopher Balthazar, Bevin Gwiazdowski, Richard Laboy, Kortez Davis, Diana Lemos, Gary W Harper, Margo Bell
{"title":"Comparison of Two Distinct House Ball Communities Involved in an HIV Prevention Study: Baseline Data from the POSSE Project.","authors":"Sybil Hosek, Marne Castillo, Anna Hotton, Christopher Balthazar, Bevin Gwiazdowski, Richard Laboy, Kortez Davis, Diana Lemos, Gary W Harper, Margo Bell","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2019.1673868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2019.1673868","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For many Black/African American gay, bisexual, and other young men who have sex with men (B-GBMSM), the House/Ball Community (HBC) offers a social network where they can be free to express diverse sexual and gender identities, but HIV prevalence and stigma are high. The POSSE project is an effectiveness-implementation trial of a popular opinion leader intervention designed to address HIV prevention in the Chicago and Philadelphia HBCs. In June 2016 baseline behavioral data were collected along with HIV, gonorrhea and Chlamydia testing. Eligible participants were sexually-active YMSM or transgender women (TGW), between the ages of 15-24, who self-identified as Black. One-third participants (32.5%) met or exceeded the clinical cut-off for depressive symptoms. Approximately 18% of the participants across both cities reported that they were HIV-positive. Overall, the baseline data establishes the need for HIV and STI prevention interventions across both cities, as well as interventions to address other co-occurring epidemics.</p>","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2019.1673868","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38452444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David T Lardier, Ijeoma Opara, Andriana Herrera, Melissa Henry, Pauline Garcia-Reid, Robert J Reid
{"title":"Sexual negotiation skills and risky behavior on sexual partnerships, HIV knowledge, and risk perception among urban youth of color: A latent class analysis.","authors":"David T Lardier, Ijeoma Opara, Andriana Herrera, Melissa Henry, Pauline Garcia-Reid, Robert J Reid","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2019.1632237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2019.1632237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescents of color in urban communities are at high risk for contracting HIV, unlikely to have access to HIV testing services, or any other form of screening services. Using latent class analysis among a sample of African American/Black (48.1%) and Hispanic/Latina(o) (42%) youth (<i>N =</i> 668; <i>M</i> <sub>age</sub> = 16.30; 51% female), this study examined the association cluster group membership, based on sexual negotiation skills and risk behavior, had on HIV knowledge, perception of risk, and the number of sexual partners. Five distinct cluster groups emerged, with significant heterogeneity observed between cluster groups on select dependent variables. A larger proportion of the study participants were in cluster groups that identified higher levels of sexual negotiation skills; however, variation was present based on risk behaviors. Results provide useful recommendations for research on HIV/AIDS and risk behaviors, as well prevention-intervention programing among urban youth of color.</p>","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2019.1632237","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38726006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caroline J Vrana-Diaz, Danielle R Stevens, Enouce Ndeche, Jeffrey E Korte
{"title":"HIV Self-Testing Knowledge and Attitudes at Sports-based HIV Prevention Tournaments in Nairobi, Kenya.","authors":"Caroline J Vrana-Diaz, Danielle R Stevens, Enouce Ndeche, Jeffrey E Korte","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2019.1620663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2019.1620663","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>HIV remains a major health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, and innovations - such as HIV self-testing (HST) - that break down barriers to testing are required to move toward elimination. Four anonymous cross-sectional surveys were conducted assessing HST knowledge and attitudes among sports-based HIV prevention tournament attendees in Nairobi, Kenya. Results suggest HST may increase testing rates in this population. Participants expressed interest in using HST and were willing to use HST as a tool to motivate others. This poses a unique opportunity for a community intervention aimed to increase knowledge of HST, and to increase HIV testing rates using HST kits.</p>","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2019.1620663","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38496618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marya T Schulte, William Marelich, H Isabella Lanza, Nada M Goodrum, Lisa Armistead, Debra A Murphy
{"title":"Alcohol use, mental health, and parenting practices among HIV-positive mothers.","authors":"Marya T Schulte, William Marelich, H Isabella Lanza, Nada M Goodrum, Lisa Armistead, Debra A Murphy","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2019.1596185","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15381501.2019.1596185","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mothers living with HIV (MLH) must balance childcare, their illness, and oftentimes other mental health problems/stressors. It is important to understand how a maladaptive coping strategy, (alcohol use) is linked to poorer parenting practices. We assessed the relationship between mental health/coping (anxiety, depression, alcohol use, social support) and parenting/family dimensions (communication, parenting style/stress, family routines/cohesion) among 152 MLH. Mothers reporting more psychiatric symptoms and less social support also reported poorer parenting practices and interactions. Further, MLH who used more alcohol reported less parenting involvement and fewer family interactions. Alcohol use, even at subclinical levels, can negatively impact the parent-child relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7413222/pdf/nihms-1032957.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38255431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"McDonnell, T. E. (2016). Best laid plans: Cultural entropy and the unraveling of AIDS media campaigns.","authors":"Yong Gun Lee","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2018.1451795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2018.1451795","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2018.1451795","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49253331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Malcolm V Williams, K. Derose, Ann C. Haas, Beth Ann Griffin, B. Fulton
{"title":"In what ways do religious congregations address HIV? examining predictors of different types of congregational HIV activities","authors":"Malcolm V Williams, K. Derose, Ann C. Haas, Beth Ann Griffin, B. Fulton","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2018.1477641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2018.1477641","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Religious congregations play an important role in HIV prevention and care. However, most research on congregation-based HIV activities has focused on prevention. Using data from a nationally representative survey of U.S. congregations, this study found that 18.6% of congregations were engaged in some type of HIV activity; 8.7% engaged in prevention; 7.6% offered support to people with HIV; 7.4% raised awareness; and 7.6% provided donations for other organizations’ HIV activities. Among congregations that participate in some type of HIV activities, having more educated clergy is associated with higher odds of engaging in support, raising awareness, and giving donations relative to prevention activities. Being a predominantly African-American congregation is associated with lower odds of these other three types of HIV activities compared to prevention activities. Understanding the factors associated with specific types of HIV activities helps inform policy and practice related to congregation-based HIV programming.","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2018.1477641","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44670034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Image-Sharing Via Social Media: Reflections from an Ethnically- and Age-Diverse Sample of People Living with HIV in the Midwest","authors":"E. Koegler, T. Thomson, A. G. Speno, M. Teti","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2018.1519479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2018.1519479","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Social media is increasingly being used to support people living with HIV (PLWH). Existing research has not examined the use of images on social media. This study explored the benefits and challenges of using visual social media to support health among ethnically/racially diverse middle-aged adults with HIV in a major midwestern city. This qualitative study utilized posters created from a parent photovoice project to explore participants’ (N = 15) use of social media, interest in viewing posters via social media, and interest in creating their own photo stories for social media. Benefits for social media use included connecting with other PLWH, education, and sharing empowering messages. Challenges were limited technical ability, dislike of/inappropriate use of social media, and concerns for anonymity. Our findings suggest that PLWH want to see photo stories of others living with HIV and that the benefit of viewers creating and sharing their own stories on social media is worth exploring.","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2018.1519479","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43428624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers to safe-sex behavior change in Zambia: Perspectives from HIV/AIDS psychosocial counselors","authors":"Sherinah K Saasa, Y. Choi, L. Nackerud","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2018.1519478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2018.1519478","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite being one of the Sub-Saharan African countries most affected by HIV/AIDS, few studies address the mismatch between continued practices of high-risk sexual behaviors considering increased HIV/AIDS knowledge in Zambia. This article reports findings from an exploratory qualitative study that addressed the research question, “What are the attitudinal, cultural, interpersonal, and contextual barriers to safer sexual behavior change among the Zambian population?” The study involved semistructured interviews with eight psychosocial counselors from two Zambian cities who provide HIV testing and counseling services. Data were analyzed using the constant comparative method. Findings indicated individual level barriers including gendered differences, adolescent specific barriers, and issues related to illiteracy. Lack of communication and perceived meaning of condom use emerged as factors influencing unsafe sex at partner levels. Community level factors included high rates of poverty, substance abuse, availability of antiretroviral therapy, inconsistent condom supplies, cultural beliefs, unemployment, and limited recreational activities.","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2018.1519478","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41530486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Dalmida, Katryna McCoy, H. Koenig, A. Miller, M. McDonnell Holstad, T. Thomas, Dora Clayton-Jones, Mary Grant, Terri Fleming, Menka Munira Wirani, C. Mugoya
{"title":"Correlates and Predictors of Medication Adherence in Outpatients Living with HIV/AIDS","authors":"S. Dalmida, Katryna McCoy, H. Koenig, A. Miller, M. McDonnell Holstad, T. Thomas, Dora Clayton-Jones, Mary Grant, Terri Fleming, Menka Munira Wirani, C. Mugoya","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2018.1502709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2018.1502709","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is important in HIV outcomes and HIV prevention. However, ART adherence remains suboptimal in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH). This study examined associations among ART adherence and demographic, psychosocial, and religious factors in a sample of 292 PLWH. Average age of participants was 45.1 ± 7.8 years and they had been living with HIV for 10.8 ± 7.0 years, on average. Mean ART adherence scores differed significantly between participants based on age (F = 5.861, p = .016), depressive symptom status (F = 17.61, p < .0001), religious attendance (F = 5.901, p = .016), and prayer (F = 5.791, p = .017). Only age, social support, prayer, and negative religious coping were significant predictors of ART adherence, in a multivariate regression model. Higher ART adherence scores were significantly associated with being older than 50 years (β = .17, p = .014), greater social support satisfaction (β = .15, p = .031), praying daily or more (β = .17, p = .021) and lower negative religious coping scores (β = −.18, p = .014). Clinicians should assess/address these factors during ART treatment counseling.","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2018.1502709","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49256835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Nabi, R. McLaughlin, M. Waqar, Suliman Khan, S. Ullah
{"title":"The Frightening Rise of HIV in Pakistan and the Need for Immediate Remediation","authors":"G. Nabi, R. McLaughlin, M. Waqar, Suliman Khan, S. Ullah","doi":"10.1080/15381501.2018.1514345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2018.1514345","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44452,"journal":{"name":"Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15381501.2018.1514345","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46006311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}