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Reaching Egyptian Gays Using Social Media: A Comprehensive Health Study and a Framework for Future Research

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Homosexuality, November 2017
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Title
Reaching Egyptian Gays Using Social Media: A Comprehensive Health Study and a Framework for Future Research
Published in
Journal of Homosexuality, November 2017
DOI 10.1080/00918369.2017.1395658
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Authors

Ahmed Gamal Elmahy

Abstract

Internet has revolutionized research on sexual minorities by providing direct and safe access to hidden, stigmatized and high risk populations. This study investigated the possibility of using Facebook to reach Egyptian gays. The questionnaire was manually distributed to an extensive list of Facebook pages and groups related to the topic that has been collected using a snowball-like technique. The recruitment lasted from August 2015 to May 2016. Among the 461 eligible participants, the mean age was 26.6 (SD = 7.6) and the majority (74%) were highly educated. Only 17% use condoms consistently and 34% have ever tested for HIV. Guilt feeling and trial to change sexual orientation were very high and were associated with higher religiosity and low condom use and HIV testing (P < .05). Also, ten percent have ever tried to end their life. Most of the participants did not disclose their sexual orientation to anybody other than their partners and 60% will not disclose it to health care providers even if needed. The low health awareness among Egyptian gays requires internet based health campaigns.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 82 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 17%
Student > Bachelor 11 13%
Researcher 8 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Other 13 16%
Unknown 25 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 15%
Social Sciences 12 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 13%
Psychology 9 11%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 4%
Other 6 7%
Unknown 29 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 October 2018.
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#13,336,880
of 23,006,268 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Homosexuality
#943
of 1,517 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#209,189
of 437,708 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Homosexuality
#24
of 39 outputs
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