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Wagner GJ, Bogart LM, Matovu JKB, Okoboi S, Gwokyalya V, Klein DJ, Ninsiima S, Green HD. Characteristics of Received HIV Prevention Advocacy from Persons Living with HIV in Uganda, and Associations with HIV Testing and Condom Use Among Social Network Members. AIDS Behav 2024; 28:2454-2462. [PMID: 38642213 PMCID: PMC11199098 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04347-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
Abstract
Receiving peer advocacy has been shown to result in increased HIV protective behaviors, but little research has gone beyond assessment of the mere presence of advocacy to examine aspects of advocacy driving these effects. With baseline data from a controlled trial of an advocacy training intervention, we studied characteristics of HIV prevention advocacy received among 599 social network members of persons living with HIV in Uganda and the association of these characteristics with the social network members' recent HIV testing (past six months) and consistent condom use, as well as perceived influence of advocacy on these behaviors. Participants reported on receipt of advocacy specific to HIV testing and condom use, as well as on measures of advocacy content, tone of delivery, support for autonomous regulation, and perceived influence on behavior. Receiving HIV testing advocacy and condom use advocacy were associated with recent HIV testing [65.2% vs. 51.4%; OR (95% CI) = 1.77 (1.11-2.84)], and consistent condom use with main sex partner [19.3% vs. 10.0%; OR (95% CI) = 2.16 (1.12-4.13)], respectively, compared to not receiving advocacy. Among those who received condom advocacy, perceived influence of the advocacy was positively correlated with consistent condom use, regardless of type of sex partner; support of autonomous regulation was a correlate of consistent condom use with casual sex partners, while judgmental advocacy was a correlate of consistent condom use with serodiscordant main partners. Among those who received testing advocacy, HIV testing in the past 6 months was positively correlated with receipt of direct support for getting tested. In multiple regression analysis, perceived influence of both HIV testing and condom use advocacy were positively correlated with advocacy that included access information and support of autonomous regulation; confrontational advocacy and judgmental advocacy were independent positive correlates of perceived influence of testing and condom use advocacy, respectively. These findings support associations that suggest potential benefits of peer advocacy from PLWH on HIV testing and condom use among their social network members, and indicate that advocacy content, tone of delivery, and support of autonomous regulation advocacy may play an important role in the success of advocacy.
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- Glenn J Wagner
- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407, USA.
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- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407, USA
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- University of Indiana Bloomington School of Public Health, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Wagner GJ, Bogart LM, Matovu JKB, Okoboi S, Gwokyalya V, Ninsiima S, McBain RK, Storholm ED, Malika N, Green HD. Correlates of HIV Prevention Advocacy by Persons Living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: A Cross-sectional Evaluation of a Conceptual Model. Int J Behav Med 2024:10.1007/s12529-024-10277-3. [PMID: 38519810 DOI: 10.1007/s12529-024-10277-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND HIV prevention advocacy empowers persons living with HIV (PLWH) to act as advocates and encourage members of their social networks to engage in protective behaviors such as HIV testing, condom use, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. We examined correlates of HIV prevention advocacy among PLWH in Uganda. METHOD A cross-sectional analysis was conducted with baseline data from 210 PLWH (70% female; mean age = 40 years) who enrolled in a trial of an HIV prevention advocacy training program in Kampala, Uganda. The baseline survey, which was completed prior to receipt of the intervention, included multiple measures of HIV prevention advocacy (general and specific to named social network members), as well as internalized HIV stigma, HIV disclosure, HIV knowledge, positive living (condom use; ART adherence), and self-efficacy for HIV prevention advocacy. RESULTS Consistent with our hypotheses, HIV disclosure, HIV knowledge, consistent condom use, and HIV prevention advocacy self-efficacy were all positively correlated with at least one measure of HIV prevention advocacy, after controlling for the other constructs in multiple regression analysis. Internalized HIV stigma was positively correlated with advocacy in bivariate analysis only. CONCLUSION These findings identify which characteristics of PLWH are associated with acting as change agents for others in their social network to engage in HIV protective behaviors.
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- Glenn J Wagner
- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407, USA.
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- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407, USA
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- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407, USA
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- University of Indiana Bloomington School of Public Health, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Schultz K, Ivanich JD, Whitesell NR, Zacher T. Tribal Reservation Adolescent Connections Study: A study protocol using mixed methods for examining social networks and associated outcomes among American Indian youth on a Northern Plains reservation. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2024; 148:106198. [PMID: 37117069 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rich cultural and traditional practices make interpersonal relationships vital for American Indian (AI) youth. Social relations and multigenerational networks (i.e., peer, family, kinship, and community) remain a salient fixture of AI culture, survival and thriving in reservation communities. Research in other populations has demonstrated how social networks impact youth risk and resilience, but data are lacking on AI adolescent networks. Intergenerational trauma from settler colonialism leads some AI youth to early initiation of substance use and subsequent substance misuse, along with disproportionately high risk for suicide and vulnerability to witnessing and experiencing violence. Using network data to develop prevention strategies among this population is a promising new avenue of research. In this study protocol paper, we describe the rationale and methodology of an exploratory study to be conducted with American Indian 9th and 10th graders at three schools on a Northern Plains reservation. METHODS This mixed methods study will collect quantitative social network surveys (N = 300) and qualitative interviews (n = 30). The study will examine the extent to which existing social network theories and data metrics adequately characterize AI youth networks or how they may need to be expanded for this population. Associations of network characteristics with risk and protective factors for substance use, exposure to violence, and suicide will also be examined. DISCUSSION This innovative methodological approach holds promise for informing the development of effective preventive approaches to address co-occurring risks for substance use, violence and suicide among AI adolescents. Understanding processes that impact social networks among AI adolescents can promote culturally resonant social relationships that may support better outcomes for youth.
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- Katie Schultz
- University of Michigan School of Social Work, 1080 S University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Community and Behavioral Health, CU Anschutz, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Community and Behavioral Health, CU Anschutz, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Missouri Breaks Industries Research, Inc, 231 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 55701, USA.
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Phillips Ii G, Rodriguez-Ortiz AE, Adewumi OM, Banner K, Adetunji A, Awolude OA, Olayinka OA, Simons LM, Hultquist JF, Ozer EA, Kapogiannis B, Kuhns LM, Garofalo R, Taiwo B, Birkett M, Lorenzo-Redondo R. Social/Sexual Networks of People Newly Diagnosed with HIV in Ibadan, Nigeria. AIDS Behav 2024; 28:300-309. [PMID: 37812271 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-023-04200-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in Nigeria are ten times more likely to be living with HIV-1 than other young men. Due to stigma and criminalization of same-sex sexual behavior, YMSM sexual networks are likely to overlap with those of the general population, leading to a generalized HIV-1 epidemic. Due to limited research on social/sexual network dynamics related to HIV-1 in Nigeria, our study focused on YMSM and sought to assess the feasibility and acceptability of collecting social and sexual network data in Network Canvas from individuals newly diagnosed with HIV-1 in Ibadan, Nigeria. The Network Canvas software was piloted at three sites in Ibadan, Nigeria to collect social/sexual network data from 151 individuals newly diagnosed with HIV-1. Our study sample included 37.7% YMSM; participants reported a mean of 2.6 social alters and 2.6 sexual alters. From the 151 egos and 634 alters, 85 potential unique individuals (194 total) were identified; 65 egos/alters were collapsed into 25 unique individuals. Our success collecting network data from individuals newly diagnosed with HIV-1 in Ibadan demonstrates clear feasibility and acceptability of the approach and the use of Network Canvas to capture and manage these data.
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- Gregory Phillips Ii
- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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Johnson AL, Butts SA, Rodriguez E, Craker L, Kanamori M, Doblecki-Lewis S. "Test-To-PrEP": Assessing Reach and Adoption of a New Approach to Increase HIV Testing and PrEP Knowledge Using HIV Self-Test Kit Distribution Through PrEP Clients' Social Networks. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2023; 94:421-428. [PMID: 37949445 PMCID: PMC10651164 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND HIV self-testing (HIVST) can increase the reach of HIV testing. Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) clients may be ideal distributors of HIVST kits and PrEP information within their social networks. This study uses the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance framework to evaluate the distribution of HIVST bundled with PrEP information ("Test-to-PrEP" kits) among egocentric friendship networks of PrEP users. METHODS The study was conducted in Miami from November 2021 to March 2022. Enrolled PrEP clients (egos; n = 100) were offered Test-to-PrEP kits for distribution. Egos and Test-to-PrEP kit users completed brief online surveys. Descriptive statistics are reported for participants, their reported network members, and users of the Test-to-PrEP kits. Logistic and Poisson regression assessed the relationship between characteristics of egos, alters, and the distribution of Test-to-PrEP kits. RESULTS The 100 enrolled egos reported a total of 414 alters. Participants received 293 Test-to-PrEP kits for distribution with 47 of the 100 participants distributing at least 1 kit. Of those who scanned the quick-response code and responded to the survey, 16.2% reported no previous HIV test and 38.5% reported no prior knowledge of PrEP; 32.5% reported interest in distributing Test-to-PrEP kits, 3 successfully distributed kits, and 2 initiated PrEP. CONCLUSIONS An approach using PrEP clients' social networks can disseminate HIVST bundled with PrEP information to critical populations including individuals lacking knowledge of PrEP or who have never been tested for HIV. Future studies will assess whether this use of network effects can increase reach and efficiency of HIV testing and PrEP information distribution.
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- Ariana L. Johnson
- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Ghai I, Wagner GJ, Matovu JKB, Juncker M, Namisango E, Bouskill K, Nakami S, Beyeza-Kashesya J, Luyirika E, Wanyenze RK. Increased Knowledge Mediates the Effect of Game Changers for Cervical Cancer Prevention on Diffusion of Cervical Cancer Screening Advocacy Among Social Network Members in a Pilot Trial. Int J Behav Med 2023:10.1007/s12529-023-10217-7. [PMID: 37656308 PMCID: PMC10904666 DOI: 10.1007/s12529-023-10217-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Game Changers for Cervical Cancer Prevention (GC-CCP), a peer-led, group advocacy training intervention, increased cervical cancer (CC) prevention advocacy not only among intervention recipients, but also their social network members (referred to as "alters") who were targeted with advocacy in a pilot randomized controlled trial. We examined mediators and moderators of this effect on alter advocacy, to understand how and for whom the intervention had such an effect. METHOD Forty women (index participants) who had recently screened for CC enrolled and were randomly assigned to receive the GC-CCP intervention (n = 20) or the wait-list control (n = 20). Up to three alters from each participant (n = 103) were surveyed at baseline and month 6. Measures of CC-related cognitive constructs (knowledge, enacted stigma, and risk management self-efficacy), as well as extent of advocacy received from index participants, were assessed as mediators of the intervention effect on alter advocacy using multivariate regression analyses. Alter characteristics were examined as moderators. RESULTS Increased CC-related knowledge partially mediated the intervention effect on increased alter engagement in CC prevention advocacy; those with greater gains in knowledge reported greater engagement in advocacy. No moderators of the intervention effect were identified. CONCLUSION The effect of GC-CCP on alter CC prevention advocacy is enhanced by increased alter knowledge pertaining to CC prevention, causes, and treatment and suggests this may be key for diffusion of intervention effects on increased CC prevention advocacy throughout a social network. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT04960748 (registered on clinicaltrials.gov , 7/14/2021).
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- Ishita Ghai
- Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
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- School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda
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- African Palliative Care Association, Kampala, Uganda
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- Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
- School of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Simpson CR, Power EA. Dynamics of cooperative networks associated with gender among South Indian Tamils. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20210437. [PMID: 36440558 PMCID: PMC9703249 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Helping behaviour is thought to play a major role in the evolution of group-living animals. Yet, it is unclear to what extent human males and human females use the same strategies to secure support. Accordingly, we investigate help-seeking over a 5-year period in relation to gender using data from virtually all adults in two Tamil villages (N = 782). Simulations of network dynamics (i.e. stochastic actor-oriented models) calibrated to these data broadly indicate that women are more inclined than men to create and maintain supportive bonds via multiple mechanisms of cooperation (e.g. reciprocity, kin bias, friend bias, generalized exchange). However, gender-related differences in the simulated dynamics of help-seeking are modest, vary based on structural position (e.g. out-degree), and do not appear to translate to divergence in the observed structure of respondents' egocentric networks. Findings ultimately suggest that men and women in the two villages are similarly social but channel their sociality differently. This article is part of the theme issue 'Cooperation among women: evolutionary and cross-cultural perspectives'.
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- Cohen R. Simpson
- Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1NF, UK
- Department of Methodology, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK
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- Department of Methodology, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK
- The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
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Marsden PV, Hollstein B. Advances and innovations in methods for collecting egocentric network data. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH 2023; 109:102816. [PMID: 36470633 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2022.102816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This article reviews recent methodological research that bears on the collection of egocentric network data. It begins with background on setting egocentric network boundaries and principal types of instruments that obtain information about such networks. It then discusses innovations in data collection and studies of data quality. The bulk of these address questions about "name generator" instruments that obtain information about the alters and relationships in a subject's network. Among topics receiving substantial attention in recent research are mitigation of respondent burden, interviewer effects, survey mode, and the performance of name generators in longitudinal studies. Potentially fruitful innovations supplement conventional question-and-answer surveys with visual elements that promise to better engage respondents and reduce the demands that name generator-based data collection poses. We close by highlighting both accomplishments of this body of research and some open issues.
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- Peter V Marsden
- Department of Sociology, 630 William James Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA; Universität Bremen, SOCIUM - Research Center Inequality and Social Policy, Mary-Somerville-Str. 9, 28359, Bremen, Germany.
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- Department of Sociology, 630 William James Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA; Universität Bremen, SOCIUM - Research Center Inequality and Social Policy, Mary-Somerville-Str. 9, 28359, Bremen, Germany.
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Social Support and Network Formation in a Small-Scale Horticulturalist Population. Sci Data 2022; 9:570. [PMID: 36109560 PMCID: PMC9477840 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01516-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Evolutionary studies of cooperation in traditional human societies suggest that helping family and responding in kind when helped are the primary mechanisms for informally distributing resources vital to day-to-day survival (e.g., food, knowledge, money, childcare). However, these studies generally rely on forms of regression analysis that disregard complex interdependences between aid, resulting in the implicit assumption that kinship and reciprocity drive the emergence of entire networks of supportive social bonds. Here I evaluate this assumption using individual-oriented simulations of network formation (i.e., Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models). Specifically, I test standard predictions of cooperation derived from the evolutionary theories of kin selection and reciprocal altruism alongside well-established sociological predictions around the self-organisation of asymmetric relationships. Simulations are calibrated to exceptional public data on genetic relatedness and the provision of tangible aid amongst all 108 adult residents of a village of indigenous horticulturalists in Nicaragua (11,556 ordered dyads). Results indicate that relatedness and reciprocity are markedly less important to whom one helps compared to the supra-dyadic arrangement of the tangible aid network itself.
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Prochnow T, Patterson M, Umstattd Meyer MR, Lightner J, Gomez L, Sharkey J. Conducting Physical Activity Research on Racially and Ethnically Diverse Adolescents Using Social Network Analysis: Case Studies for Practical Use. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11545. [PMID: 36141817 PMCID: PMC9517360 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Adolescent physical activity (PA) is significantly impacted by peer behaviors through peer influence, peer selection, and popularity. However, the scales for these social constructs may not fully capture the detailed social networks and mechanisms responsible for PA behavior changes. This level of detail and granularity can be quantified and analyzed through social network analysis (SNA). To demonstrate the variety, utility, and efficacy of SNA in adolescent PA research, this article aims to provide four case studies on the collection of social network and PA data on ethnically and racially diverse adolescents. Through case studies, this article provides tangible ways in which SNA can be used to evaluate social influences on PA behaviors. Case studies are presented on: (1) Youth Engagement in Sport-an egocentric analysis of middle school youth participation in an experiential sport program with 3- and 6-month follow-ups; (2) Summer care program networks-an egocentric and whole network longitudinal study of adolescents at summer care programs; (3) The Convoy method-a qualitative egocentric discussion activity with adolescents from colonias on the Texas-Mexico border; and (4) A father-focused, family-centered health program-an egocentric experimental analysis of children participating in a health program. Data collection procedures are listed and example surveys are provided. Descriptive analyses are included, as are recommendations on further analysis techniques for each type of network data. Using SNA, researchers can understand social contexts in a more specific manner, better positioning interventions to alter such influences.
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- Tyler Prochnow
- School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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- School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Manderson L, Brear M, Rusere F, Farrell M, Gómez-Olivé FX, Berkman L, Kahn K, Harling G. Protocol: the complexity of informal caregiving for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in rural South Africa. Wellcome Open Res 2022; 7:220. [PMID: 37538406 PMCID: PMC10394391 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18078.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND With aging, many people develop Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) as well as chronic physical health problems. The consequent care needs can be complicated, with heavy demands on families, households and communities, especially in resource-constrained settings with limited formal care services. However, research on ADRD caregiving is largely limited to primary caregivers and high-income countries. Our objectives are to analyse in a rural setting in South Africa: (1) how extended households provide care to people with ADRD; and (2) how the health and wellbeing of all caregivers are affected by care roles. METHODS The study will take place at the Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system site of the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit in Mpumalanga Province, northeast South Africa. We will recruit 100 index individuals predicted to currently have ADRD or cognitive impairment using data from a recent dementia survey. Quantitative surveys will be conducted with each index person's nominated primary caregiver, all other household members aged over 12, and caregiving non-resident kin and non-kin to determine how care and health are patterned across household networks. Qualitative data will be generated through participant observation and in-depth interviews with caregivers, select community health workers and key informants. Combining epidemiological, demographic and anthropological methods, we will build a rich picture of households of people with ADRD, focused on caregiving demands and capacity, and of caregiving's effects on health. DISCUSSION Our goal is to identify ways to mitigate the negative impacts of long-term informal caregiving for ADRD when formal supports are largely absent. We expect our findings to inform the development of locally relevant and community-oriented interventions to improve the health of caregivers and recipients, with implications for other resource-constrained settings in both higher- and lower-income countries.
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- Lenore Manderson
- School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- MRC/Wits Rural Public Health & Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- MRC/Wits Rural Public Health & Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- MRC/Wits Rural Public Health & Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- MRC/Wits Rural Public Health & Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- MRC/Wits Rural Public Health & Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- School of Nursing & Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Nxumalo V, Nxumalo S, Smit T, Khoza T, Mdaba F, Khumalo T, Cislaghi B, McGrath N, Seeley J, Shahmanesh M, Harling G. Protocol: Mapping social networks, social influence and sexual health among youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal, the Sixhumene cohort study. Wellcome Open Res 2022; 7:164. [PMID: 36324699 PMCID: PMC9608251 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17896.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: Sexual behaviour and sexually transmitted infections are strongly affected by social connections, and interventions are often adapted more readily when diffused through social networks. However, evidence on how young people acquire ideas and change behaviour through the influence of important social contacts is not well understood in high-HIV-prevalence settings, with the result that past peer-led HIV-prevention interventions have had limited success. Methods: We therefore designed a cohort study (named Sixhumene or ‘we are connected’) to follow young people in three rural and small-town communities in uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and the people that these youth identify as important in their lives. We will interview them five times over three years, at each visit collecting information on their socioeconomic, social and sexual health lives, and testing them for HIV and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2). We will use this information to understand how these young people’s sexual health decisions are formed. This will include evaluating how poor sexual health outcomes are correlated across social networks, how youth mimic the attitudes and behaviours of those around them, who is at greatest risk of acquiring HIV and HSV-2, and who might be most influential within communities and thus best able to promote protective interventions. Discussion: The information gathered through this study will allow us to describe social connection and influence spread through these real-world social networks, and how this leads to sexual health outcomes. Sixhumene will provide vital inputs for mathematical models of communities and spreading processes, as well as inform the development of effective interventions to protect the sexual health of community members through appropriate targeting with optimised messaging requiring fewer resources.
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- Vuyiswa Nxumalo
- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
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- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
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- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6JB, UK
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- Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa
- MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard Univeristy, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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Hong P, Herigon JC, Uptegraft C, Samuel B, Brown DL, Bickel J, Hron JD. Use of clinical data to augment healthcare worker contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2021; 29:142-148. [PMID: 34623426 DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocab231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This work examined the secondary use of clinical data from the electronic health record (EHR) for screening our healthcare worker (HCW) population for potential exposures to patients with coronavirus disease 2019. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study at a free-standing, quaternary care pediatric hospital comparing first-degree, patient-HCW pairs identified by the hospital's COVID-19 contact tracing team (CTT) to those identified using EHR clinical event data (EHR Report). The primary outcome was the number of patient-HCW pairs detected by each process. RESULTS Among 233 patients with COVID-19, our EHR Report identified 4,116 patient-HCW pairs, including 2,365 (30.0%) of the 7,890 pairs detected by the CTT. The EHR Report also revealed 1,751 pairs not identified by the CTT. The highest number of patient-HCW pairs per patient was detected in the inpatient care venue. Nurses comprised the most frequently identified HCW role overall. CONCLUSION Automated methods to screen HCWs for potential exposure to patients with COVID-19 using clinical event data from the EHR are likely to improve epidemiologic surveillance by contact tracing programs and represent a viable and readily available strategy which should be considered by other institutions.
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- Peter Hong
- Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Health Informatics Branch, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- Information Services Department, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Information Services Department, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Information Services Department, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Crawford ND, Josma D, Harrington KRV, Morris J, Quamina A, Birkett M, Phillips Ii G. Using the Think-Aloud Method to Assess the Feasibility and Acceptability of Network Canvas Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Persons: Qualitative Analysis. JMIR Form Res 2021; 5:e30237. [PMID: 34499040 PMCID: PMC8461526 DOI: 10.2196/30237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Characteristics of an individual's social network have been important factors in understanding infectious disease transmission patterns. Social network data collection is generally time and resource intensive, yet it is crucial to our understanding of the complex epidemiologic landscape of human behaviors among stigmatized social groups. OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a self-administered social network data collection tool, Network Canvas, among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) and transgender persons using the think-aloud method, which is a robust and flexible research technique used to perform usability testing. METHODS We piloted a self-administered network interview within the Network Canvas Software Suite. Participants aged 18 years and older were recruited through a community-based organization in Atlanta, GA, and were included based upon their willingness to share information on sexual behaviors and drug use for themselves and their social networks. A semistructured interview guide was used to document cognitive decision-making processes while using the tool. Recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim, and thematic analyses were performed. RESULTS Among 7 BMSM and transgender participants, three main themes were identified from cognitive processes: (1) the utility, (2) navigation, and (3) intuitive design of Network Canvas. Overall, Network Canvas was described as "easy to use," with suggestions mainly directed toward improving navigation tools and implementing an initial tutorial on the program prior to use. Participants were willing to use Network Canvas to document their social networks and characteristics. In general, observed verbal responses from participants matched their behavior, although there were some discrepancies between verbal affirmations of use and understanding versus external observation. CONCLUSIONS We found Network Canvas to be a useful new tool to capture social network data. Self-administration allowed participants the opportunity to provide sensitive information about themselves and their social networks. Furthermore, automated name generation and visualization of an individuals' social network in the app has the potential to reduce cognitive burden during data collection. More efficient methods of social network data collection have the potential to provide epidemiologic information to guide prevention efforts for populations with stigmatized health conditions or behaviors.
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- Natalie D Crawford
- Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Department of Population Health, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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