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Characterizing Socioecological Markers of Differentiated HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Indonesia.
- Source :
- AIDS & Behavior; Feb2024, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p657-668, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- HIV prevention programs typically focus on changing individuals' risk behaviors, often without considering the socioecological factors that can moderate this risk. We characterized HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Indonesia (n = 1314) using latent class analysis and used multinomial logistic regression to identify latent class relationships with demographics, social/sexual networks, and community-level socioecological indicators of HIV risk. Three HIV risk latent classes were identified—"Sexually Moderate" (n = 333), "Sexual Explorative" (n = 575), and "Navigating Complexities" (n = 406). Using "Sexually Moderate" (lowest risk) as the reference group, MSM in the "Sexual Explorative" class had additional social/sexual network-level risks (meeting partner(s) using both online and offline methods [RR = 3.8; 95%CI 1.7–8.6] or general social media and gay-specific online platforms [RR = 2.6; 95%CI 1.9–3.6] to meet partners, group sex [RR = 10.9; 95%CI 4.5–25.4], transactional sex [RR = 1.6; 95%CI 1.2–2.2]), and community-level risks (experiencing homosexual-related assaults [RR = 1.4; 95%CI 1.1–1.9]). MSM in the "Navigating Complexities" class had additional social/sexual network-level risks (low social support [RR = 1.6; 95%CI 1.1–2.5], less disclosure of their sexuality [RR = 1.4; 95%CI 1.0–1.9]) and community-level risks (higher internalized homonegativity scores [RR = 1.2; 95%CI 1.1–1.4], ever experiencing homosexual-related assaults [RR = 1.4:95%CI 1.1–1.9], less exposure to HIV/STI health promotion [RR = 0.7; 95%CI 0.5–0.9], attending STI-related services in the past 6 months [RR = 0.6; 95%CI 0.4–0.8]). Co-occurring individual and socioecological risk recommend holistic HIV prevention strategies tailored to consider the social and structural conditions of MSM in Indonesia are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HIV infection epidemiology
HIV prevention
HIV infection risk factors
RISK-taking behavior
HIV-positive persons
STRUCTURAL equation modeling
SOCIAL support
CONFIDENCE intervals
MULTIPLE regression analysis
SOCIAL networks
SOCIAL media
HUMAN sexuality
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
RISK assessment
SURVEYS
HOMOSEXUALITY
SEXUAL minorities
SEX customs
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
MEN who have sex with men
ODDS ratio
UNSAFE sex
HEALTH promotion
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10907165
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS & Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175529076
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-04253-3