Where in Social and Sexual Networks Should HIV Interventions Target?
Identifying Similarities in Social Contexts Characteristics and Mutual Disclosure Behaviors of HIV Status and MSM Identity Across Social and Sexual Networks
Disclosure of HIV status and men who have sex with men (MSM) identity both have public health significance (as a strategy to prevent further transmission by those infected with HIV) and personal health benefits for HIV-positive individuals (such as greater treatment adherence, greater social support, higher self-esteem, and lower levels of depression). Understanding where similarities in social context characteristics and disclosure behaviors lie in respondents' various sexual and social networks has important implications for developing new and innovative HIV interventions.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Pages: 112
- Document Number: RGSD-285
- Year: 2011
- Series: Dissertations
Contents
Chapter One
Introduction and Motivation
Chapter Two
A Review of the Literature: Disclosure of HIV Status and MSM Identity
Chapter Three
Data Description and Methods
Chapter Four
Respondents' Social Contexts and Individual Characteristics
Chapter Five
Respondents' Disclosure Behaviors of HIV Status and MSM Identity
Chapter Six
Dyadic Analyses: Mutual Disclosure of HIV Status and MSM Identity within Referral Pairs
Chapter Seven
Conclusions and Discussion
This document was submitted as a dissertation in August 2011 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consisted of Harold Green, Jr. (Chair), Gery Ryan, and Jennifer Sayles.
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