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Associations Between Social Capital and HIV Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Japan
AO Hill, BR Bavinton, N Kaneko, L Lafferty, A Lyons, S Gilmour, G Armstrong
Archives of Sexual Behavior | Published : 2021
Abstract
Social capital has been positively associated with reduced HIV risk. However, few studies have investigated if associations vary between men who have sex with men (MSM) or heterosexual alters (possessors of actual resources embedded within social capital networks) and HIV risk-taking behaviors. In a cross-sectional survey of 1564 MSM in Greater Tokyo, we investigated whether social capital ascertained from MSM or heterosexual alters influenced HIV risk-taking behaviors (i.e., consistent condom use and lifetime HIV testing). Multiple logistic regression revealed that MSM with high levels of social capital from heterosexual networks were twice as likely to report consistent condom use with cas..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors also wish to acknowledge the funding and support of the Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship & International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, and the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts Graduate School of Social and Political Sciences. Additionally, Dr Gregory Armstrong is funded by an Early Career Fellowship with the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia (APP1138096).