{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Chan MS"],"funding":["NIDA NIH HHS","NIAID NIH HHS","NIMH NIH HHS"],"pagination":["S101-S109"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12475984"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["35(Suppl 1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>Acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and testing for HIV is likely to vary as a function of the norms and communications within a geographic area. This study examined associations involving county tweets, in person communications, and HIV prevention and testing in regions with higher (vs. lower) estimated rates of men who have sex with men (MSM).<h4>Design and methods</h4>Ecological analyses examined (a) tweets about HIV (i.e. tweet rates per 100 000 county population and topic probabilities in 1959 US counties); (b) individual-level survey data about HIV prevention and testing and communications about PrEP and HIV (N = 30 675 participants); and (c) estimated county-level MSM rates (per 1 000 adult men).<h4>Results</h4>In counties with higher rates of MSM, tweet"],"journal":["AIDS (London, England)"],"pubmed_title":["Estimating the influence of Twitter on pre-exposure prophylaxis use and HIV testing as a function of rates of men who have sex with men in the United States."],"pmcid":["PMC12475984"],"funding_grant_id":["R56 AI114501","R01 MH114847","R01 MH094241","R01 AI147487","DP1 DA048570"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhai C","Sullivan P","Zlotorzynska M","Chan MS","Sanchez T","Albarracin D","Morales A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Estimating the influence of Twitter on pre-exposure prophylaxis use and HIV testing as a function of rates of men who have sex with men in the United States.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>Acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and testing for HIV is likely to vary as a function of the norms and communications within a geographic area. This study examined associations involving county tweets, in person communications, and HIV prevention and testing in regions with higher (vs. lower) estimated rates of men who have sex with men (MSM).<h4>Design and methods</h4>Ecological analyses examined (a) tweets about HIV (i.e. tweet rates per 100 000 county population and topic probabilities in 1959 US counties); (b) individual-level survey data about HIV prevention and testing and communications about PrEP and HIV (N = 30 675 participants); and (c) estimated county-level MSM rates (per 1 000 adult men).<h4>Results</h4>In counties with higher rates of MSM, tweet","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 May","modification":"2026-06-03T23:34:46.393Z","creation":"2026-05-03T03:11:46.416Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12475984","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33867493"],"doi":["10.1097/QAD.0000000000002838","10.1097/qad.0000000000002838"]}}