2024
Assessing Direct and Spillover Effects of Intervention Packages in Network-randomized Studies
Buchanan A, Hernández-Ramírez R, Lok J, Vermund S, Friedman S, Forastiere L, Spiegelman D. Assessing Direct and Spillover Effects of Intervention Packages in Network-randomized Studies. Epidemiology 2024, 35: 481-488. PMID: 38709023, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntervention packageEffectiveness of interventional packageImprove intervention deliveryPeer education interventionHIV prevention trialsPeer educator trainingMarginal structural modelsPublic health impactHIV risk behaviorsIntervention deliveryIntervention NetworkEducational interventionParticipant visitsPrevention trialsFollow-up visitRisk behaviorsHealth impactsInterventionEducational trainingParticipantsSpillover effectsVisitsHIVExposed networksPeer
2022
Development of a Psychometric Tool to Measure Community Solidarity Among Sexual Minorities: Evidence From a Pay-it-Forward Randomized Controlled Trial
Sung A, Zhang TP, Huang W, Tang W, Alexander M, Forastiere L, Kumar N, Hall BJ, Ransome Y, Dieckhaus KD, Wu D, Tucker JD, Yang F. Development of a Psychometric Tool to Measure Community Solidarity Among Sexual Minorities: Evidence From a Pay-it-Forward Randomized Controlled Trial. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2022, 49: 628-634. PMID: 35675708, PMCID: PMC9378620, DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000001659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTest uptakeMultivariable logistic regressionCross-sectional questionnaireControlled TrialsInfection testingIntervention armStudy armsChlamydia testSocial network supportHigher oddsChinese menHealth outcomesPsychometric toolsLogistic regressionMenPublic healthTrialsFuture studiesSexParticipantsArmUptakeGonorrheaFactorsMSM
2021
Improving HIV Self-Testing Social Network Interventions: The Role of Sexual Behavior Disclosure Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men
Kumar N, Forastiere L, Janmohamed K, Yang F, Zhang T, Sha Y, Tucker JD, Tang W, Alexander M. Improving HIV Self-Testing Social Network Interventions: The Role of Sexual Behavior Disclosure Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS And Behavior 2021, 25: 1984-1992. PMID: 33471242, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-03128-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndex participantsIndex menTreatment arm dataHIV self-testing (HIVST) kitsSelf-testing kitsSexual behaviorHIV SelfHIVST interventionHIVST kitsChinese menSocial network interventionKey populationsNetwork-based interventionsSocial contactMenInterventionMSMSexKitNetwork interventionMore kitsArm dataParticipants