Internet-based behavioral interventions for preventing HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM)

Social Media Use and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors in Young Black and Latino Gay and Bi Men and Transgender Individuals in New York City: Implications for Online Interventions

“…8,37 Given that we found high rates of access to and use of social media and the Internet by low-income YMCSM and transgender women, groups most vulnerable to HIV in the USA, social media may be a particularly effective and efficient tool for reaching and engaging this population in health-related interventions. 38 Although many studies of Internet-based behavioral interventions for HIV have been published, 39 only a handful of social media-based HIV interventions exists 9,10,[40][41][42][43] with several more in the pipeline. 12 Behavioral interventions leveraging online social networks have the potential to affect population health dramatically, given their capacity to disseminate information virally, facilitate social support, and modify norms.…”

Associations between Intimate Partner Violence and Health among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Thirteen bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, PsycINFO, the Health Management Information Consortium database [HMIC], Social Policy and Practice, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature [CINAHL], the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences [IBSS], Web of Science, Africa Web, Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region [IMSEAR], Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region [IMEMR], and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature [LILACS]) were searched using controlled vocabulary terms and key/text words from first record to 23 October 2013. Terms for IPV and MSM were adapted from Cochrane protocols and peer-reviewed systematic reviews [24] – [27] . Terms for mental disorders were adapted from a review by Trevillion and colleagues [5] .…”