caa a22 4500 606231455 CHVBK 20210128101220.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-015-0513-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-015-0513-5 Social Media Use and HIV Transmission Risk Behavior Among Ethnically Diverse HIV-Positive Gay Men: Results of an Online Study in Three U.S. States [Elektronische Daten] [Sabina Hirshfield, Christian Grov, Jeffrey Parsons, Ian Anderson, Mary Chiasson] Though Black and Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM) are at an increased risk for HIV, few HIV risk reduction interventions that target HIV-positive MSM, and even fewer that use technology, have been designed to target these groups. Despite similar rates of social media and technology use across racial/ethnic groups, online engagement of minority MSM for HIV prevention efforts is low. Since minority MSM tend to have less representation in online HIV prevention studies, the goals of this online anonymous study of HIV-positive gay-identified men were to test the feasibility of conducting targeted recruitment by race/ethnicity and sexual orientation, to assess technology and social media use, and to assess global HIV transmission risk. In 2011, an anonymous online survey was conducted among 463 members of an HIV-positive personals website. Emails were sent to a subset of HIV-positive male members who self-identified as gay. While 57% were White, substantial proportions of participants were Black (20%) or Hispanic (18%). Median age was 46 (range 18-79). Men who reported using 3 or more websites or apps to meet sex partners were significantly more likely to report anal intercourse (AOR 4.43, p<.001) and condomless anal sex (CAS) (AOR 2.70, p<.05) in the past 3months. The only predictor of CAS with HIV-negative or unknown status partners was being under age 30 (AOR 3.38, p<.01). This study helped to inform online targeted recruitment techniques, access to technology and social media use, and sexual risk among a diverse sample of HIV-positive gay men. Efficacy trials of technology-based HIV prevention interventions targeting high-risk minority HIV-positive MSM are warranted. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 HIV-positive nationallicence Social media nationallicence Technology nationallicence Gay nationallicence Sexual orientation nationallicence Hirshfield Sabina Research and Evaluation Unit, Public Health Solutions, 40 Worth Street, 5th Floor, 10013, New York, NY, USA aut Grov Christian Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), New York, NY, USA aut Parsons Jeffrey Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), New York, NY, USA aut Anderson Ian Smart+Strong, New York, NY, USA aut Chiasson Mary Research and Evaluation Unit, Public Health Solutions, 40 Worth Street, 5th Floor, 10013, New York, NY, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/7(2015-10-01), 1969-1978 0004-0002 44:7<1969 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0513-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0513-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hirshfield Sabina Research and Evaluation Unit, Public Health Solutions, 40 Worth Street, 5th Floor, 10013, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grov Christian Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Parsons Jeffrey Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Anderson Ian Smart+Strong, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chiasson Mary Research and Evaluation Unit, Public Health Solutions, 40 Worth Street, 5th Floor, 10013, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/7(2015-10-01), 1969-1978 0004-0002 44:7<1969 2015 44 10508