Personality Traits and eHealth Study Enrollment Among Racial and Sexual Minoritized Men Living with HIV

Authors

Sabina Hirshfield, Department of Medicine, STAR Program, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA. sabina.hirshfield@downstate.edu.
José E. Diaz, Department of Medicine, STAR Program, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Portia Thomas, Department of Health and Medicine, Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA.
Martin J. Downing, Department of Psychology, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY; CUNY Institute for Health Equity, USA.
Derek T. Dangerfield Ii, Department of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC, USA.
Michael Silver, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

6-4-2024

Journal

AIDS and behavior

DOI

10.1007/s10461-024-04364-5

Keywords

Equity; Health disparities; Study participation

Abstract

Inequities in eHealth research enrollment persist among Black and Latinx sexual minoritized men (SMM) partly due to socio-ecological barriers. Less is known about how personality traits are associated with their study enrollment. We examined the role of personality traits among 1,285 U.S. Black and Latinx SMM living with HIV recruited from sexual networking websites/apps for an eHealth intervention. Lower neuroticism and higher openness were associated with greater odds of study enrollment among Latinx SMM. Given these exploratory findings, future research should examine this phenomenon, along with well-established socio-ecological factors such as medical mistrust to better understand eHealth study enrollment gaps among Black and Latinx SMM.

APA Citation

Hirshfield, Sabina; Diaz, José E.; Thomas, Portia; Downing, Martin J.; Dangerfield Ii, Derek T.; and Silver, Michael, "Personality Traits and eHealth Study Enrollment Among Racial and Sexual Minoritized Men Living with HIV" (2024). GW Authored Works. Paper 5155.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/5155

Department

Prevention and Community Health