2021
Interaction of Religion/Spirituality With Internalized HIV Stigma, Depression, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Risk Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: The 6 City HPTN 061 Study
Taggart T, Mayer KH, Vermund SH, Huang S, Hayashi K, Ransome Y. Interaction of Religion/Spirituality With Internalized HIV Stigma, Depression, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Risk Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: The 6 City HPTN 061 Study. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2021, 87: e188-e197. PMID: 33633033, PMCID: PMC8131231, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternalized HIV stigmaHIV stigmaDepressive symptomsInfluence of drugsAlcohol useActivity scoreHIV Prevention Trials Network 061 studyDepressive symptom scoresHPTN 061 StudyBlack menSymptom scoresFuture intervention researchAnal intercourseHigh riskSymptomsRisk behaviorsSexual riskSubstance useBMSMBaseline dataDrugsHIVMenGeneralized structural equation modelScores
2016
Substance use and HIV-risk behaviors among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in China: repeated measures in a cohort study design
Zhang C, Liu Y, Sun X, Wang J, Lu HY, He X, Zhang H, Ruan YH, Shao Y, Vermund SH, Qian HZ. Substance use and HIV-risk behaviors among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in China: repeated measures in a cohort study design. AIDS Care 2016, 29: 644-653. PMID: 27832699, PMCID: PMC5350012, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1255709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV risk behaviorsCohort study designSubstance useStudy designHIV-positive MSMHIV-positive menGeneralized Estimating Equation modelsFemale sex partnersRapid HIV transmissionMale sexual partnersRigorous study designsSexual risk behaviorsCurrent studySeronegative counterpartsSeropositive menSeropositive partnersHIV transmissionMean agePotential confoundersRisk factorsHigh riskRisk populationsSex partnersUnprotected sexRisk behaviors