{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Chen L"],"funding":["China Scholarship Council","Doctoral Program Foundation of Institutions of Higher Education of China"],"pagination":["e0196116"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5908074"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>We explored the factors associated with disclosure of men who have with sex with men (MSM) behaviors and HIV-positive status among HIV-positive MSM in Nanjing, China.<h4>Methods</h4>Social network analysis and epidemiological methods were combined in this pilot study. Information about participants' (egos') characteristics and behaviors and their social network members (alters) were collected through interview-administered questionnaires. General estimating equation logistic regression analysis was applied in both univariate and multivariate analysis.<h4>Results</h4>Eighty-seven HIV-positive MSM participated. Their mean age was 35.9 ±13.81years. They were more likely to disclose their MSM behavior to their friends [adjust Odds Ratio (AOR) = 6.43, 95% confidence interval (CI):3.08-13.42] or to the social network members who were not heterosexual [AOR = 4.40, 95%CI: 2.17-8.91]. Being participants' friends [AOR = 5.16, 95%CI: 2.03-13.10] or family members [AOR = 6.22, 95%CI: 2.52-15.33] was significantly associated with HIV-positive status disclosure.<h4>Conclusion</h4>HIV-positive MSM tended to disclose their MSM behaviors and HIV positive status to close friends, family members or other individuals who were HIV-positive, engaging in MSM behavior, or both. Consequently, it will be an effective way to implement HIV prevention and intervention strategies in both MSM population and their trusted social networks."],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Factors associated with disclosing men who have sex with men (MSM) sexual behaviors and HIV-positive status: A study based on a social network analysis in Nanjing, China."],"pmcid":["PMC5908074"],"funding_grant_id":["20130092110048"],"pubmed_authors":["Wang B","Chen L","Lian D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Factors associated with disclosing men who have sex with men (MSM) sexual behaviors and HIV-positive status: A study based on a social network analysis in Nanjing, China.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>We explored the factors associated with disclosure of men who have with sex with men (MSM) behaviors and HIV-positive status among HIV-positive MSM in Nanjing, China.<h4>Methods</h4>Social network analysis and epidemiological methods were combined in this pilot study. Information about participants' (egos') characteristics and behaviors and their social network members (alters) were collected through interview-administered questionnaires. General estimating equation logistic regression analysis was applied in both univariate and multivariate analysis.<h4>Results</h4>Eighty-seven HIV-positive MSM participated. Their mean age was 35.9 ±13.81years. They were more likely to disclose their MSM behavior to their friends [adjust Odds Ratio (AOR) = 6.43, 95% confidence interval (CI):3.08-13.42] or to the social network members who were not heterosexual [AOR = 4.40, 95%CI: 2.17-8.91]. Being participants' friends [AOR = 5.16, 95%CI: 2.03-13.10] or family members [AOR = 6.22, 95%CI: 2.52-15.33] was significantly associated with HIV-positive status disclosure.<h4>Conclusion</h4>HIV-positive MSM tended to disclose their MSM behaviors and HIV positive status to close friends, family members or other individuals who were HIV-positive, engaging in MSM behavior, or both. Consequently, it will be an effective way to implement HIV prevention and intervention strategies in both MSM population and their trusted social networks.","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018","modification":"2025-04-19T00:05:46.134Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:36:13Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5908074","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29672596"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0196116"]}}