TY - JOUR
T1 - Locating the Risk
T2 - Using Participatory Mapping to Contextualize Perceived HIV Risk across Geography and Social Networks among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Deep South
AU - Arnold, Trisha
AU - Stopka, Thomas J.
AU - Gomillia, Courtney E.S.
AU - Murphy, Matthew
AU - Johnson, Kendra
AU - Chan, Philip A.
AU - Klasko-Foster, Lynne
AU - Rogers, Brooke
AU - Soler, Jorge H.
AU - Monger, Mauda L.
AU - Jacque, Erin
AU - Sutten Coats, Cassandra
AU - Willie, Tiara C.
AU - Ogunbajo, Adedotun
AU - Mena, Leandro
AU - Nunn, Amy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - HIV incidence among African American (AA) young men who have sex with men (YMSM) has remained stable even though they made up the largest number of new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) in 2017. HIV spreads at increased rates in dense sexual networks. Identifying the location of risk behaviors “activity spaces” could inform geographically circumscribed HIV prevention interventions. Utilizing the modified social ecological model we completed five semi-structured focus groups incorporating a modified social mapping technique, based on Singer et al.’s approach. Participants included 27 AA YMSM. Focus groups explored how and where HIV transmission happens in Jackson, Mississippi. Result themes included: 1) location of sexual behaviors, 2) knowledge of geographic hotspots of HIV infection in Jackson, and 3) traveling to meet partners: at home and away. HIV transmission or “activity spaces” may be occurring outside identified HIV hot spots. Mixed geospatial and qualitative methods offered a comprehensive assessment of where HIV transmission occurs, and suggests that geographically circumscribed interventions may need to focus on where individuals living with HIV reside and in specific geographic locations where they engage in behaviors that raise their HIV acquisition risks.
AB - HIV incidence among African American (AA) young men who have sex with men (YMSM) has remained stable even though they made up the largest number of new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) in 2017. HIV spreads at increased rates in dense sexual networks. Identifying the location of risk behaviors “activity spaces” could inform geographically circumscribed HIV prevention interventions. Utilizing the modified social ecological model we completed five semi-structured focus groups incorporating a modified social mapping technique, based on Singer et al.’s approach. Participants included 27 AA YMSM. Focus groups explored how and where HIV transmission happens in Jackson, Mississippi. Result themes included: 1) location of sexual behaviors, 2) knowledge of geographic hotspots of HIV infection in Jackson, and 3) traveling to meet partners: at home and away. HIV transmission or “activity spaces” may be occurring outside identified HIV hot spots. Mixed geospatial and qualitative methods offered a comprehensive assessment of where HIV transmission occurs, and suggests that geographically circumscribed interventions may need to focus on where individuals living with HIV reside and in specific geographic locations where they engage in behaviors that raise their HIV acquisition risks.
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U2 - 10.1080/00224499.2021.1906397
DO - 10.1080/00224499.2021.1906397
M3 - Article
C2 - 33826434
AN - SCOPUS:85103908712
SN - 0022-4499
VL - 59
SP - 931
EP - 938
JO - Journal of Sex Research
JF - Journal of Sex Research
IS - 7
ER -