Psychosocial correlates of HIV sexual protective behavior among Puerto Rican women residing in the Bronx, New York.
In this study, correlates of HIV sexual protective behavior, in the form of condom use, were examined within a population of urban women identified as at increased heterosexual risk for HIV infection. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to analyze data collected via structured interviews for 187 Puerto Rican women recruited from the waiting areas of a comprehensive health clinic in the Bronx, New York. Increased condom use with primary partners was associated with higher levels of mastery, more non-Hispanic acculturation, and greater adherence to traditional female gender roles. Increased condom use with nonprimary partners was associated with higher HIV/AIDS prevention self-efficacy. Thus, primary versus nonprimary relationships appeared to represent distinct contexts for HIV sexual risk behavior, with implications for different intervention strategies based upon relationship contexts for Latina women.
Dixon
Denise
D
Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA. ddxn@mac.com
Saul
Janet
J
Peters
Michael
M
D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D017280:Condoms; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009519:New York City; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000208:ethnology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*