Syphilis Positivity Among Men Who Have Sex With Men With Direct, Indirect, and No Linkage to Female Sex Partners: Exploring the Potential for Sex Network Bridging in Baltimore City, MD.

Background: Syphilis epidemics among women and men who have sex with men (MSM) may be connected, but these connections are poorly understood. Using egocentric network data from a US urban MSM cohort, we examined sociodemographics, behaviors, and syphilis positivity among MSM with (1) direct (MSM who report sex with women, MSMW); (2) indirect (MSM who only report male partners, some of whom are MSMW, MSMO/W); and (3) no (MSM who only report male partners and whose partners only have sex with men, MSMO/O) connection to women.

Methods: Sexually active MSM aged 18 to 45 years were administered behavioral and network interviews (recall period: 3 months) and syphilis/HIV testing.

Correction: Desires for Individual- and Interpersonal-Level Patient Portal Use for HIV Prevention Among Urban Sexual Minority Men: Cross-sectional Study.

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Desires for Individual- and Interpersonal-Level Patient Portal Use for HIV Prevention Among Urban Sexual Minority Men: Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority men have expressed the acceptability of patient portals as tools for supporting HIV prevention behaviors, including facilitating disclosure of HIV and other sexually transmitted infection (STI/HIV) laboratory test results to sex partners. However, these studies, in which Black or African American sexual minority men were undersampled, failed to determine the relationship of reported history of discussing HIV results with sex partners and anticipated willingness to disclose web-based STI/HIV test results using a patient portal.

Objective: Among a sample of predominantly Black sexual minority men, this study aimed to (1) determine preferences for patient portal use for HIV prevention and (2) test the associations between reported history of discussing HIV results and anticipated willingness to disclose web-based STI/HIV test results with most recent main and nonmain partners using patient portals.

Psychological distress and adherence to anti-retroviral therapy or pre-exposure prophylaxis regimens among Urban Black gay and bisexual men (MSM).

Background: Urban Black gay, and bisexual men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of HIV in the U.S. Mental health is a barrier to adherence to both antiretroviral therapy (ART) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Enacted Sexual Minority Stigma, Psychological Distress, and Sexual and Drug Risk Behaviors Among Urban Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM).

Urban Black men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of HIV and syphilis in the U.S. Experiences of enacted sexual minority stigma and psychological distress among these men may be associated with HIV/STI sexual and drug risk behaviors.

Sexually Transmitted Infection Transmission Dynamics During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Among Urban Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men.

Background: The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mitigation measures on sexually transmitted infection (STI) transmission and racial disparities remains unknown. Our objectives were to compare sex and drug risk behaviors, access to sexual health services, and STI positivity overall and by race during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-pandemic among urban sexual minority men (MSM).

Methods: Sexually active MSM aged 18-45 years were administered a behavioral survey and STI testing every 3-months.

Methamphetamine Use, Syphilis, and Specific Online Sex Partner Meeting Venues Are Associated With HIV Status Among Urban Black Gay and Bisexual Men Who Have Sex Men.

Background: In the context of increasing syphilis rates, particularly among Black men who have sex men (MSM), the objectives were to determine the associations between methamphetamine (meth) use and syphilis and HIV positivity, and to identify sex partner meeting venues as potential intervention access points among Black MSM in a mid-Atlantic US city.

Methods: This study is an ongoing longitudinal cohort study. Participants were recruited from clinical and nonclinical settings and included sexually active MSM aged 18 to 45 years.

Incentives for Viral Suppression in People Living with HIV: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic can be eliminated if 73% of people living with HIV take antiretroviral medications and achieve undetectable viral loads. This study assessed the effects of financial incentives in suppressing viral load. People living with HIV with detectable viral loads (N = 102) were randomly assigned to Usual Care or Incentive groups.

Trends in hepatitis C treatment initiation among HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected men engaged in primary care in a multisite community health centre in Maryland: a retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: Little is known about the cascade of hepatitis C care among HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfected patients in community-based clinics. Thus, we analysed our data from the interferon era to understand the barriers to HCV treatment, which may help improve getting patients into treatment in the direct-acting antivirals era.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Two Novel Urban Health Primary Care Residency Tracks That Focus On Community-Level Structural Vulnerabilities.

Background: Although residency programs are well situated for developing a physician workforce with knowledge, skills, and attitudes that incorporate the strengths and reflect the priorities of community organizations, few curricula explicitly do so.

Aim: To develop urban health primary care tracks for internal medicine and combined internal medicine-pediatrics residents.

Setting: Academic hospital, community health center, and community-based organizations.

Excess Clinical Comorbidity Among HIV-Infected Patients Accessing Primary Care in US Community Health Centers.

Objectives: As the life expectancy of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has increased, the spectrum of illness has evolved. We evaluated whether people living with HIV accessing primary care in US community health centers had higher morbidity compared with HIV-uninfected patients receiving care at the same sites.

Methods: We compared data from electronic health records for 12 837 HIV-infected and 227 012 HIV-uninfected patients to evaluate the relative prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, dyslipidemia, and malignancies by HIV serostatus.