Comparison of Two Distinct House Ball Communities Involved in an HIV Prevention Study: Baseline Data from the POSSE Project.
Sybil HosekMarne CastilloAnna HottonChristopher BalthazarBevin GwiazdowskiRichard LaboyKortez DavisDiana LemosGary W HarperMargo BellPublished in: Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services (2019)
For many Black/African American gay, bisexual, and other young men who have sex with men (B-GBMSM), the House/Ball Community (HBC) offers a social network where they can be free to express diverse sexual and gender identities, but HIV prevalence and stigma are high. The POSSE project is an effectiveness-implementation trial of a popular opinion leader intervention designed to address HIV prevention in the Chicago and Philadelphia HBCs. In June 2016 baseline behavioral data were collected along with HIV, gonorrhea and Chlamydia testing. Eligible participants were sexually-active YMSM or transgender women (TGW), between the ages of 15-24, who self-identified as Black. One-third participants (32.5%) met or exceeded the clinical cut-off for depressive symptoms. Approximately 18% of the participants across both cities reported that they were HIV-positive. Overall, the baseline data establishes the need for HIV and STI prevention interventions across both cities, as well as interventions to address other co-occurring epidemics.
Keyphrases
- men who have sex with men
- hiv positive
- hiv testing
- mental health
- african american
- depressive symptoms
- electronic health record
- quality improvement
- healthcare
- randomized controlled trial
- big data
- antiretroviral therapy
- study protocol
- systematic review
- acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- physical activity
- primary care
- south africa
- risk factors
- clinical trial
- mental illness
- type diabetes
- pregnant women
- hiv aids
- machine learning
- hiv infected
- pregnancy outcomes
- tyrosine kinase
- phase iii
- metabolic syndrome
- phase ii
- breast cancer risk
- double blind