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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2024 Jun 13;29(7):467–480. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2024.2366498

Table 5.

Associations between communication network factors and PrEP-related outcomes among Spanish- and English-speaking Latinx sexual minority men

PrEP Awareness PR (95% CI)a
PrEP Use PR (95% CI)
Spanish Model 1b Model 2b Model 3b Model 1 Model 2 Model 3

Intercept 0.75 (0.52, 1.08) 0.82 (0.76, 0.88) 0.83 (0.72, 0.94) 0.06 (0.01, 0.31) 0.29 (0.23, 0.37) 0.43 (0.30, 0.62)
Number of MSM friends 1 (1, 1) 1 (0.99, 1)
Out to: GLB friends 0.9 (0.67, 1.21) 0.94 (0.31, 2.89)
Out to: non-GLB friends 1.07 (0.79, 1.46) 2.79 (0.77, 10.04)
Out to: family 0.88 (0.75, 1.03) 0.58 (0.38, 0.87)
Out to: healthcare providers 1.40 (1.11, 1.77) 3.78 (1.37, 10.47)
Church activities 0.79 (0.65, 0.96) 0.83 (0.49, 1.40)
Cultural activities 1.01 (0.85, 1.20) 0.95 (0.48, 1.88)
Community activities 1.14 (0.96, 1.35) 1.32 (0.68, 2.58)
Census Region: Midwest 1.22 (1.02, 1.45) 1 (0.56, 1.78)
Census Region: South 0.92 (0.78, 1.09) 0.5 (0.30, 0.83)
Census Region: West 1.02 (0.85, 1.21) 0.94 (0.58, 1.53)
NCHS Rural-Urban: Medium metro 0.97 (0.80, 1.17) 0.38 (0.15, 0.93)
NCHS Rural-Urban: Micropolitan 0.75 (0.49, 1.15) 0.55 (0.15, 2.01)
NCHS Rural-Urban: Small metro 0.74 (0.53, 1.03) 0.29 (0.08, 1.11)
Observations 181 235 280 181 235 280
R 2 0.067 0.026 0.035 0.153 0.007 0.12
PrEP Awareness
PrEP Use
English Model 1b Model 2b Model 3b Model 1 Model 2 Model 3

Intercept 0.86 (0.71, 1.04) 0.94 (0.91, 0.97) 0.99 (0.96, 1.01) 0.11 (0.04, 0.28) 0.42 (0.37, 0.48) 0.48 (0.38, 0.61)
Number of MSM friends 1 (1, 1) 1 (1, 1)
Out to: GLB friends 1.03 (0.89, 1.21) 1.37 (0.64, 2.94)
Out to: non-GLB friends 1.06 (0.94, 1.21) 1.59 (0.91, 2.77)
Out to: family 0.97 (0.91, 1.03) 0.88 (0.66, 1.18)
Out to: healthcare providers 1.06 (0.99, 1.13) 2.39 (1.49, 3.82)
Church activities 0.95 (0.89, 1.01) 0.67 (0.50, 0.89)
Cultural activities 1.01 (0.97, 1.06) 1.05 (0.83, 1.34)
Community activities 1.05 (1.00, 1.09) 1.34 (1.06, 1.68)
Census Region: Midwest 1.01 (0.96, 1.05) 1.21 (0.86, 1.69)
Census Region: South 0.93 (0.89, 0.98) 0.84 (0.62, 1.14)
Census Region: West 0.95 (0.92, 1.00) 0.99 (0.75, 1.31)
NCHS Rural-Urban: Medium metro 1.01 (0.96, 1.07) 0.77 (0.56, 1.04)
NCHS Rural-Urban: Micropolitan 0.93 (0.81, 1.07) 0.86 (0.53, 1.41)
NCHS Rural-Urban: Small metro 0.94 (0.82, 1.08) 0.67 (0.38, 1.18)
Observations 441 486 563 441 486 563
R 2 0.009 0.008 0.011 0.084 0.032 0.024
a

PR: Prevalence Ratios

b

Model 1 included potential individual-level storytellers, Model 2 included potential meso-level storytellers, and Model 3 included communication action context variables.

c

Rural-urban variable was removed due to empty cells that caused model instability in model estimation