title: Sexual risk and HIV prevention behaviours among African-American and Latino MSM social networking users.
abstract: This study explores the feasibility of recruiting minority men who have sex with men Facebook users for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention studies and notes demographic and sexual risk behaviours. Facebook-registered men who have sex with men (MSM; N = 118) were recruited using online and offline methods. Participants validated Facebook-user status through using a Facebook Connect (computer science) application. Participants were primarily Latino (60.2%) and African-American (28.0%), with 33.1% using social media to find sex partners. Black MSM social networking users reported engaging in a lower frequency (coefficient = -0.48, p < 0.05) of unprotected receptive anal intercourse compared to Latino MSM. Results suggest that minority social media users can be recruited for HIV studies and that sexual risk behavioural differences exist among minority social networking users. Findings highlight the importance of incorporating technologies into population-focused HIV interventions.
authors: Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors: Sean D
authors: SD
authors: Young
authors: Greg
authors: G
authors: Szekeres
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Coates
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D060756:Social Networking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: AIDS; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; MSM; at-risk populations; men who have sex with men; prevention; social networking
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