ResearchProjects

Impact of Neighborhoods and Networks on HIV Prevention and Care Behaviors Among Black MSM in the Deep South
Funded by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Project dates: May 2016 - April 2020
Principal Investigator: Duncan, Dustin
Principal Investigator: Hickson DA
Principal Investigator: Schneider JA
PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project used real-time geospatial methods to investigate relationships between GPS-defined activity space neighborhoods, social and sexual networks, and HIV prevention and care behaviors among Black MSM in the Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan statistical area (MSA), a population in the United States heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS.

Abstract on NIH RePORTER
Related Publications
Driver R, Schneider JA, Hickson DA, Timmins L, Brewer RA, Goedel WC, Duncan DT (2023).
Sexual orientation, HIV vulnerability-enhancing behaviors and HIV status neutral care among Black cisgender sexual minority men in the Deep South: The N2 cohort study
AIDS and Behavior, 27 (8), 2592-2605. doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-03984-7.

Duncan DT, Ransome Y, Park SH, Jackson SD, Kawachi I, Branas CC, Knox J, Al-Ajlouni YA, Mountcastle H, Miles CH, Hickson DA (2021).
Neighborhood social cohesion, religious participation and sexual risk behaviors among cisgender black sexual minority men in the southern United States
Social Science and Medicine, 279, 113913. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113913. PMCID: PMC8336607.

English D, Hickson DA, Callander D, Goodman MS, Duncan DT (2020).
Racial discrimination, sexual partner race/ethnicity, and depressive symptoms among Black sexual minority men
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49 (5), 1799-1809. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01647-5. PMCID: PMC7340340.

Duncan DT, Callander D, Bowleg L, Park SH, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Theall KP, Hickson DA (2020).
Intersectional analysis of life stress, incarceration and sexual health risk practices among cisgender Black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the Deep South of the US: The MARI study
Sexual Health, 22 (1), 38-44. doi: 10.1071/SH19062.

Duncan DT, Sutton MY, Park SH, Callander D, Kim B, Jeffries WL, Henny KD, Harry-Hernandez S, Barber S, Hickson DA (2020).
Associations between neighborhood problems and sexual behaviors among Black men who have sex with men in the Deep South: The MARI study
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49 (1), 185-193. doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-01619-4. PMCID: PMC7410008.

Hickson DA, Truong NL, Smith-Bankhead N, Sturdevant N, Duncan DT, Schnorr J, Gipson JA, Mena LA (2015).
Rationale, design and methods of the ecological study of sexual behaviors and HIV/STI among African American men who have sex with men in the southeastern United States (The MARI Study)
PLoS One, 10 (12), e0143823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143823. PMCID: PMC4689542.