PMID- 36378519 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240908 IS - 1929-0748 (Print) IS - 1929-0748 (Electronic) IS - 1929-0748 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 11 DP - 2022 Nov 15 TI - Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention Among Sexual Minority Men: Protocol for a Prospective Mixed Methods Cohort Study. PG - e41453 LID - 10.2196/41453 [doi] LID - e41453 AB - BACKGROUND: Sexual minority men experience intimate partner violence (IPV) at rates similar to those reported by heterosexual women in the United States. Previous studies linked both IPV victimization and perpetration to HIV risk and seroconversion; however, less is known about the impact of IPV on HIV testing, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake, and the persistence of PrEP use among sexual minority men experiencing IPV. Although prior work suggests that IPV may influence HIV prevention behavior, experiences of IPV are so highly varied among sexual minority men (eg, forms, frequency, and severity; steady vs casual partnerships; perpetration vs receipt; and sexual vs physical vs psychological violence) that additional research is needed to better understand the impact that IPV has on HIV risk and protective behaviors to develop more effective interventions for sexual minority men. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to contribute to our understanding of the antecedents of IPV and the direct and indirect pathways between perpetration and receipt of IPV and HIV or STI risk behavior, STIs, and use of PrEP among sexual minority men experiencing IPV. METHODS: This mixed methods study has 2 phases: phase 1 involved formative qualitative interviews with 23 sexual minority men experiencing IPV and 10 key stakeholders or providers of services to sexual minority men experiencing IPV to inform the content of a subsequent web-based cohort study, and phase 2 involves the recruitment of a web-based cohort study of 500 currently partnered HIV-negative sexual minority men who reside in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-identified Ending the HIV Epidemic priority jurisdictions across the United States. Participants will be followed for 24 months. They will be assessed through a full survey and asked to self-collect and return biospecimen kits assessing HIV, STIs, and PrEP use at 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. They will also be asked to complete abbreviated surveys to assess for self-reported changes in key study variables at 3, 9, 15, and 21 months. RESULTS: Phase 1 was launched in May 2021, and the phase 1 qualitative interviews began in December 2021 and were concluded in March 2022 after a diversity of experiences and perceptions were gathered and no new ideas emerged in the interviews. Rapid analysis of the qualitative interviews took place between March 2022 and June 2022. Phase 2 recruitment of the full cohort began in August 2022 and is planned to continue through February 2024. CONCLUSIONS: This mixed methods study will contribute valuable insights into the association that IPV has with HIV risk and protective behaviors among sexual minority men. The findings from this study will be used to inform the development or adaptation of HIV and IPV prevention interventions for sexual minority men experiencing IPV. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/41453. CI - (c)Erik D Storholm, Dan E Siconolfi, Glenn J Wagner, Wenjing Huang, Carrie L Nacht, Greg Sallabank, Jennifer K Felner, Joshua Wolf, Sarita D Lee, Rob Stephenson. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 15.11.2022. FAU - Storholm, Erik D AU - Storholm ED AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7072-4248 AD - School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States. AD - RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States. FAU - Siconolfi, Dan E AU - Siconolfi DE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7805-5410 AD - RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States. FAU - Wagner, Glenn J AU - Wagner GJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9081-3299 AD - RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States. FAU - Huang, Wenjing AU - Huang W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3216-6262 AD - RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States. FAU - Nacht, Carrie L AU - Nacht CL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2533-3034 AD - School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States. FAU - Sallabank, Greg AU - Sallabank G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9983-662X AD - School of Nursing, University or Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. FAU - Felner, Jennifer K AU - Felner JK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9915-4637 AD - School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States. FAU - Wolf, Joshua AU - Wolf J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9371-9828 AD - RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States. FAU - Lee, Sarita D AU - Lee SD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9354-4343 AD - RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States. FAU - Stephenson, Rob AU - Stephenson R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9239-2640 AD - School of Nursing, University or Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 MH126762/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221115 PL - Canada TA - JMIR Res Protoc JT - JMIR research protocols JID - 101599504 PMC - PMC9709678 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HIV OT - PrEP OT - cohort study OT - intimate partner violence OT - pre-exposure prophylaxis OT - sexual minority men OT - sexually transmitted infections COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared. EDAT- 2022/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/16 06:01 PMCR- 2022/11/15 CRDT- 2022/11/15 11:54 PHST- 2022/07/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/15 11:54 [entrez] PHST- 2022/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - v11i11e41453 [pii] AID - 10.2196/41453 [doi] PST - epublish SO - JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Nov 15;11(11):e41453. doi: 10.2196/41453.