High-Risk Sexual Activity in the House and Ball Community

Influence of Social Networks

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ID11025260
AuthorsSheree M Schrager (0000-0001-6352-5056, Sheree M. Schrager is with the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA. Carl A. Latkin is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. George Weiss is with the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Katrina Kubicek and Michele D. Kipke are with the Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, the Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Michele...), Carl A Latkin (Sheree M. Schrager is with the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA. Carl A. Latkin is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. George Weiss is with the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Katrina Kubicek and Michele D. Kipke are with the Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, the Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Michele...), Carl Latkin (0000-0002-7931-2116, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles), George Weiss (Sheree M. Schrager is with the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA. Carl A. Latkin is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. George Weiss is with the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Katrina Kubicek and Michele D. Kipke are with the Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, the Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Michele...), George B Weiss (Children's Hospital of Los Angeles), Katrina Kubicek (0000-0001-9157-6977, Sheree M. Schrager is with the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA. Carl A. Latkin is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. George Weiss is with the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Katrina Kubicek and Michele D. Kipke are with the Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, the Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Michele...), Michele D Kipke (0000-0002-1032-2324, Sheree M. Schrager is with the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA. Carl A. Latkin is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. George Weiss is with the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Katrina Kubicek and Michele D. Kipke are with the Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, the Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Michele...)
Year2014
Volume104
Issue2
Pages326-331
Publication date2014-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2013.301543
PMID24328654
PMCIDPMC3935685
OpenAlexW2160948837
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited22

Objectives. We investigated the roles of House membership and the influence of social and sexual network members on the sexual risk behavior of men in the Los Angeles House and Ball community. Methods. From February 2009 to January 2010, male participants (n = 233) completed interviewer-assisted surveys during a House meeting or Ball event. We used logistic regression to model the effects of sexual network size, influence of sexual network members, House membership status, and their interactions on high-risk sex. Results. Significant predictors of high-risk sex included number of sexual partners in the nominated social network, multiethnicity, and previous diagnosis of sexually transmitted infection. House membership was protective against high-risk sex. Additionally, a 3-way interaction emerged between number of sexual partners in the network, influence, and network members’ House membership. Conclusions. Future research should assess network members’ attitudes and behavior in detail to provide a greater understanding of the dynamics of social influence and to identify additional avenues for intervention

Intervention (counseling) · Interview · Logistic regression · Psychiatry · Sexual behavior · Social network (sociolinguistics) · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Computer Science · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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