This paper examines lessons learned from recruitment strategies utilized in enrolling participants between and for a randomized controlled trial to test a culturally specific HIV risk-reduction intervention for Black MSMW. Interested respondents completed a brief screener and participants completed surveys at baseline and at post, 3 and 6 months follow-up. Recruitment patterns were assessed by examining the source of study information reported when respondents were asked how they learned about the study. Chi-square tests were then conducted to examine differences in the distribution of participants by self-reported HIV status, age group and socio-economic status SES for each type of study information source. Regardless of HIV or SES, study respondents were more likely to have received information about the study through a service agency than from other sources.

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Hypothesis testing utilized logistic and linear regression models with self-reported data on CSA independent variable and indicators of the following syndemic factors: HIV risk, substance misuse, and IPV. More than one-fourth Citation: Wu E Childhood sexual abuse among Black men who have sex with men: A cornerstone of a syndemic? This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.

Bond initiated and completed analyses of all data and led the writing of the article. Wheeler contributed to conceptualizing the article, interpreting the findings, and editing the article. Millett contributed to conceptualizing the article, interpreting the findings, and editing the article. LaPollo contributed to analyzing the data, interpreting the findings, and editing the article.