Abstract
HIV disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minority young men who have sex with men (YMSM). HIV prevention research does not include these YMSM commensurate to their HIV burden. We examined racial and ethnic differences during a unique three-step recruitment process for an online, YMSM HIV prevention intervention study (N = 660). Step one was completed in-person; steps two and three online. Fewer Black and Latino YMSM completed step two–initiating online participation–than White YMSM. Internet use frequency accounted for the Latino versus White difference in initiating online participation, but not the Black versus White difference. Future online HIV prevention interventions recruiting diverse YMSM should focus on initiating online engagement among Black participants.
Resumen
El VIH afecta desproporcionado a los hombres jovenes de la minoría racial y étnica que tienen sexo con los hombres (YMSM). La investigación de la prevención del VIH no incluye estos YMSM comensurados a su carga del VIH. Examinamos diferencias raciales y étnicas durante un proceso tres-pasos único para un en línea, estudio de la intervención de la prevención del VIH de YMSM (N = 660) del reclutamiento. El paso uno era en-persona terminada; pasos dos y tres en línea. Poco negro y Latino YMSM terminaron el paso dos-iniciando la participacio en lınea-que YMSM blanco. La frecuencia del uso del Internet explicó el Latino contra la diferencia blanca en la iniciación de la participación en línea, pero no el negro contra la diferencia blanca. Las intervenciones en línea futuras de la prevención del VIH que reclutan YMSM diverso deben centrarse en la iniciación del contrato en línea entre participantes negros.
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Du Bois, S.N., Johnson, S.E. & Mustanski, B. Examining Racial and Ethnic Minority Differences Among YMSM During Recruitment for an Online HIV Prevention Intervention Study. AIDS Behav 16, 1430–1435 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0058-0
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