title: Social Media Use and High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Three-City Study.
abstract: Black men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of human immunodeficiency (HIV) incidence in the United States. Little research has focused on the associations between social media use and sexual behavior among Black MSM. 205 Black MSM completed measures assessing social media use and sexual behaviors. Men spent an average of 34 h per week on social media sites. 53 % arranged sexual hookups online in the previous 3 months, and did so a mean of 10 times. Overall, users of social media and men who arranged sexual hookups online engaged in more risky behaviors than non-users and men who did not arrange sexual hookups online. However, partner-level data indicated that men engaged in fewer risky behaviors with partners met online compared to partners met in other ways such as at bars or through friends. Social media-based interventions designed to decrease HIV transmission among racial minority MSM are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine, Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2071 N. Summit Ave., Milwaukee, WI, USA, mbroaddus@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Michelle R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Broaddus
authors.forename: Wayne J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: DiFranceisco
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Janet S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: St Lawrence
authors.forename: Yuri A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Amirkhanian
authors.forename: Julia D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Dickson-Gomez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005431:Florida; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D061108:Social Media / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D060756:Social Networking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014505:Urban Population; D014922:Wisconsin