Christian Grov1, Drew A Westmoreland2, Pedro B Carneiro3, Matthew Stief2, Caitlin MacCrate4, Chloe Mirzayi5, David W Pantalone6, Viraj V Patel7, Denis Nash5. 1. Department of Community Health and Social Sciences, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY; CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, New York, NY. Electronic address: cgrov@sph.cuny.edu. 2. CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, New York, NY. 3. Department of Community Health and Social Sciences, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY. 4. CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, New York, NY; Fordham University, School Psychology, New York, NY. 5. CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, New York, NY; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY. 6. Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA; The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA. 7. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Health System, New York, NY.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of the article was to examine factors associated with completing enrollment milestones in the Together 5000 cohort of at-risk men (n = 8661), transmen (n = 53), and transwomen (n = 63) who have sex with men. METHODS: Between 2017 and 2018, participants completed an online enrollment survey and were offered opportunities to complete an incentivized secondary online survey as well as self-administered at-home HIV testing (OraSure). We explored factors associated with completing each study component. RESULTS: In total, 8777 individuals completed our enrollment survey, 6166 (70.3%) completed the secondary survey, and 5010 returned the at-home HIV test kit that was mailed to them (81.3% of those mailed a kit). In our multivariable models, those who were White, with more years of education, were more likely to complete study components, although the magnitude of these associations was small. For example, 50.9% of those enrolled, 47.9% of those completing the secondary survey, and 46.8% of those completing HIV testing were persons of color-a statistically significant, but meaningfully insignificant decline. CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the need for researchers to identify barriers that may prevent persons of color and younger individuals from participating in research studies.
PURPOSE: The aim of the article was to examine factors associated with completing enrollment milestones in the Together 5000 cohort of at-risk men (n = 8661), transmen (n = 53), and transwomen (n = 63) who have sex with men. METHODS: Between 2017 and 2018, participants completed an online enrollment survey and were offered opportunities to complete an incentivized secondary online survey as well as self-administered at-home HIV testing (OraSure). We explored factors associated with completing each study component. RESULTS: In total, 8777 individuals completed our enrollment survey, 6166 (70.3%) completed the secondary survey, and 5010 returned the at-home HIV test kit that was mailed to them (81.3% of those mailed a kit). In our multivariable models, those who were White, with more years of education, were more likely to complete study components, although the magnitude of these associations was small. For example, 50.9% of those enrolled, 47.9% of those completing the secondary survey, and 46.8% of those completing HIV testing were persons of color-a statistically significant, but meaningfully insignificant decline. CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the need for researchers to identify barriers that may prevent persons of color and younger individuals from participating in research studies.
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