"Todo se trata de a quien conoces": Social Networks and Drug Use Among Female Sex Workers Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to characterize the social networks of female sex workers (FSWs) living with HIV in the Dominican Republic (DR) and to examine the association between daily drug use and network risk profile. The study employed a micro-longitudinal observational design using a 7-day mobile health (mHealth) daily diary to collect daily substance use behaviors and social network data was collected at study enrollment. A series of crude and adjusted modified log-Poisson repeated measures regression models with generalized estimating equations (GEE), clustering by individual with a compound symmetry working correlation structure were fit to estimate the relative risks and 95% confidence intervals. Controlling for individual level factors, findings revealed that FSWs with more netw

SUBMITTER: Felker-Kantor E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7979433 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature