HIV Clients as Agents for Prevention: A Social Network Solution

Table 1

Correlates of engagement in prevention advocacy behaviours with proportion of network members (alters).

	Prevention advocacy behaviours
	HIV in general	Abstinence/condom use	Seek HIV testing	Seek HIV care
Respondent Characteristics
Age	𝑟=0.27∼	𝑟=0.12	𝑟=0.08	𝑟=−0.41 **
Gender	𝐹=0.00	F = 0.02	F = 0.03	F = 4.77*
	Male = 60%	Male = 49%	Male = 48%	Male = 81%
	Female = 60%	Female = 48%	Female = 46%	Female = 56%
Time since HIV diagnosis	𝑟=0.44 **	𝑟=0.31∼	𝑟=0.31∼	𝑟=−0.02
On ART	𝐹=2.77∼	F = 0.32	F = 0.85	F = 1.09
	No = 54%	No = 46%	No = 43%	No = 79%
	Yes = 67%	Yes = 50%	Yes = 52%	Yes = 67%
Time on ART (months)^1	F = 1.44	F = 0.51	F = 0.58	𝐹=3.10∼
	0 = 55%	0 = 47%	0 = 44%	0 = 80%
	6 = 60%	6 = 44%	6 = 45%	6 = 20%
	12 = 73%	12 = 55%	12 = 57%	12 = 48%
ART adherence	𝑟=0.55 **	𝑟=0.31	𝑟=0.31	𝑟=0.12
Peer community support	𝑟=0.20	𝑟=0.16	𝑟=0.08	𝑟=0.20
Network composition
% of alters who know respondent is HIV+	𝑟=0.60 ***	𝑟=0.35 *	𝑟=0.41 **	𝑟=0.06
% of alters who are HIV+	𝑟=0.29∼	𝑟=0.23	𝑟=0.22	𝑟=−0.03
Network structure
Most popular contact	𝑟=0.35 *	𝑟=0.19	𝑟=0.27∼	𝑟=0.08
Number of isolates	𝑟=−0.26	𝑟=−0.22	𝑟=−0.19	𝑟=−0.28∼
Network density	𝑟=0.31∼	𝑟=0.22	𝑟=0.31∼	𝑟=−0.04

~𝑃<0.10; *𝑃<0.05; **𝑃<0.01; ***𝑃<0.001.
¹0 = non-ART participants; 6 = participants on ART for 6 months or less; 12 = participants on ART for 12 months or more.