Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, United States of America.
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, United States of America.
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2020 Nov;35:100356. doi: 10.1016/j.sste.2020.100356. Epub 2020 Jun 21.
The purpose of this study was to examine and quantify spatial mobility among HIV-negative young men who have sex with men (YMSM) within and across high prevalence HIV neighborhoods in New York City (NYC). We completed an analysis with global positioning system (GPS) and survey data to quantify spatial mobility for participants enrolled in the P18 Neighborhood Study (analytic n = 211; 83.4%). Spatial mobility was documented with self-reported survey data and objective GPS data, which was uncorrelated. Nearly one-quarter of participants (26.1%) said that they consider the neighborhood in which they currently live to differ from the neighborhood in which they had sex most frequently. In addition, 62.9% of participants' GPS points were recorded in NYC ZIP Code Tabulation Areas within the highest quartile of HIV prevalence. Future studies of YMSM populations should be conducted to examine how environments beyond the residential neighborhood can influence sexual health, which may guide HIV prevention services.
本研究旨在调查和量化在纽约市（NYC）艾滋病毒高流行率街区内和跨街区的艾滋病毒阴性男男性行为者（YMSM）之间的空间流动性。我们使用全球定位系统（GPS）和调查数据完成了一项分析，以量化参与 P18 邻里研究（分析 n=211；83.4%）的参与者的空间流动性。空间流动性通过自我报告的调查数据和无相关性的客观 GPS 数据来记录。近四分之一的参与者（26.1%）表示，他们认为自己目前居住的社区与他们最常发生性行为的社区不同。此外，62.9%的参与者的 GPS 点记录在 HIV 流行率最高四分位数的纽约市邮政编码区。未来应针对 YMSM 人群进行研究，以探讨居住社区以外的环境如何影响性健康，这可能为 HIV 预防服务提供指导。
