Impact of post-incarceration care engagement interventions on HIV transmission among young Black men who have sex with men and their sexual partners: an agent-based network modeling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the impact of incarceration on HIV transmission among Black men who have sex with men is important given their disproportionate representation among people experiencing incarceration and the potential impact of incarceration on social and sexual networks, employment, housing, and medical care. We developed an agent-based network model (ABNM) of 10,000 agents representing young Black men who have sex with men in the city of Chicago to examine the impact of varying degrees of post-incarceration care disruption and care engagement interventions following release from jail on HIV incidence.

Methods

Exponential random graph models were used to model network formation and dissolution dynamics, and network dynamics and HIV care continuum engagement were var

SUBMITTER: Hotton AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10679934 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature