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Modified social ecological model: a tool to guide the assessment of the risks and risk contexts of HIV epidemics

BMC Public Health · 2013 · Vol. 13(1) · pp. 482–482

Stefan Baral✉(Johns Hopkins University)Carmen H. Logie(University of Calgary)Ashley Grosso(Johns Hopkins University)Andrea L. Wirtz(Johns Hopkins University)Chris Beyrer(Johns Hopkins University)

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Abstract

The MSEM is a flexible model for guiding epidemiologic studies among key populations at risk for HIV in diverse sociocultural contexts. Successful HIV prevention strategies for key populations require effective integration of evidence-based biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions. While the focus of epidemiologic studies has traditionally been on describing individual-level risk factors, the future necessitates comprehensive epidemiologic data characterizing multiple levels of HIV risk.

HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Sex work and related issuesMen who have sex with menPublic healthBiostatisticsEnvironmental healthMedicineEpidemiologyTransmission (telecommunications)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Treatment as preventionPopulation