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Online Partner Seeking and Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men From Small and Midsized Towns: Cross-sectional Study

Online Partner Seeking and Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men From Small and Midsized Towns: Cross-sectional Study

Briefly, the research team posted flyers on social media through a study-specific page and young adult lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer groups and distributed flyers at various local venues that were outwardly friendly to members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community (including adult entertainment stores, bars, and health clinics) as well as at 2 local pride festivals.

Vira Pravosud, April M Ballard, Ian W Holloway, April M Young

JMIR Form Res 2022;6(6):e35056

Using Web-Based Pin-Drop Maps to Capture Activity Spaces Among Young Adults Who Use Drugs in Rural Areas: Cross-Sectional Survey

Using Web-Based Pin-Drop Maps to Capture Activity Spaces Among Young Adults Who Use Drugs in Rural Areas: Cross-Sectional Survey

Epicenters of harmful drug use in the United States are shifting from cities to rural areas; rural young adults bear the brunt of these epidemiologic transitions [1]. Since the mid-1990s, rates of nonmedical prescription opioid use and heroin use have surged among young adults in rural areas. As a result, young adults in rural areas are now at the forefront of the national hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic, and their children bear a disproportionate burden of neonatal abstinence syndrome [2,3].

Hannah Luke Fenimore Cooper, Natalie D Crawford, Regine Haardöerfer, Nadya Prood, Carla Jones-Harrell, Umedjon Ibragimov, April M Ballard, April M Young

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2019;5(4):e13593

Web-Based Eligibility Quizzes to Verify Opioid Use and County Residence Among Rural Young Adults: Eligibility Screening Results from a Feasibility Study

Web-Based Eligibility Quizzes to Verify Opioid Use and County Residence Among Rural Young Adults: Eligibility Screening Results from a Feasibility Study

Methodological innovations in research among rural US populations have, therefore, become increasingly important because of the disproportionate burden of opioid use and related harms (ie, hepatitis C and overdose) affecting rural young adults [17-23].

April M M Ballard, Hannah LF Cooper, April M Young

JMIR Res Protoc 2019;8(6):e12984

Fraud Detection Protocol for Web-Based Research Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Development and Descriptive Evaluation

Fraud Detection Protocol for Web-Based Research Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Development and Descriptive Evaluation

The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate fraud detection strategies in a Web-based survey of young MSM and describe new protocols to improve fraud detection in Web-based survey research. The Men’s Health Study was a cross-sectional survey that examined individual- and network-level risk factors for HIV transmission and substance use among young MSM residing in 15 counties in Central Kentucky (total population size, 743,119) [27].

April M M Ballard, Trey Cardwell, April M Young

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2019;5(1):e12344

Spatial Distribution of Partner-Seeking Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Geosocial Networking Apps: Epidemiologic Study

Spatial Distribution of Partner-Seeking Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Geosocial Networking Apps: Epidemiologic Study

indicators of space and place: a review of multilevel studies of HIV prevention and care outcomes among young Reference 7: Use and perceptions of the internet for sexual information and partners: a study of young Reference 8: Tip of the iceberg: young men who have sex with men, the Internet, and HIV risk Reference 14: Associations of unprotected anal intercourse with Grindr-met partners among Grindr-using young Reference 55: Acceptability of smartphone application-based HIV prevention among young men who have sex

Angel B M Algarin, Patrick J Ward, W Jay Christian, Abby E Rudolph, Ian W Holloway, April M Young

J Med Internet Res 2018;20(5):e173