title: Psychosocial correlates of condom use consistency among Isixhosa-speaking women living with HIV in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
abstract: Many HIV-positive South African women continue to have unprotected sex. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess correlates of condom use consistency among Xhosa-speaking HIV-positive women in South Africa. One hundred and twenty women were recruited from five primary care clinics and completed a questionnaire. Regression analyses indicated that assertive negotiation and self efficacy for condom use were proximal correlates of condom use consistency. Mediation analyses showed that self-efficacy for assertive negotiation is a distal correlate of condom use consistency.We propose a framework of correlates of condom use consistency to inform future intervention development.
authors.affiliation: HIV/AIDS, STI and TB program, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa. donoya@hsrc.ac.za
authors.forename: Dorina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Onoya
authors.forename: Priscilla S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Robert A C
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ruiter
authors.forename: Sibusiso
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sifunda
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wingood
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van den Borne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D013019:South Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult