TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of Intimate Partner Forced Sex on HIV Risk Factors in Physically Abused African American and African Caribbean Women
AU - Draughon, Jessica E.
AU - Lucea, Marguerite B.
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
AU - Paterno, Mary T.
AU - Bertrand, Desiree R.
AU - Sharps, Phyllis W.
AU - Campbell, Doris W.
AU - Stockman, Jamila K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIMHD P20MD002286, Caribbean Exploratory Research Center, University of the Virgin Islands). J.E.D. was supported by NIMH (F31MH088850) and NINR (T32NR007081). M.B.L. is supported by NICHD (T32HD064428 and R01HD077891) and NIMHD (L60MD006272). J.K.S. is supported by NICHD (R01HD077891) NIDA (K01DA031593 and R25DA025571), NIMHD (L60MD003701) and NIMH (R25MH080664 and R25MH080665). The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/10/13
Y1 - 2015/10/13
N2 - We examined associations between intimate partner forced sex (IPFS) and HIV sexual risk behaviors among physically abused Black women. Women aged 18–55 in intimate relationships were interviewed in health clinics in Baltimore, MD and St. Thomas and St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI). Of 426 physically abused women, 38 % experienced IPFS; (Baltimore = 44 and USVI = 116). USVI women experiencing IPFS were more likely to have 3+ past-year sex partners (AOR 2.06, 95 % CI 1.03–4.14), casual sex partners (AOR 2.71, 95 % CI 1.42–5.17), and concurrent sex partners (AOR 1.94, 95 % CI 1.01–3.73) compared to their counterparts. Baltimore women reporting IPFS were more likely to have exchanged sex (AOR 3.57, 95 % CI 1.19–10.75). Women experiencing IPFS were more likely to report their abuser having other sexual partners in Baltimore (AOR 3.30, 95 % CI 1.22–8.88) and USVI (AOR 2.03, 95 % CI 1.20–3.44). Clinicians should consider the influence of IPFS on individual and partnership HIV sexual risk behaviors.
AB - We examined associations between intimate partner forced sex (IPFS) and HIV sexual risk behaviors among physically abused Black women. Women aged 18–55 in intimate relationships were interviewed in health clinics in Baltimore, MD and St. Thomas and St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI). Of 426 physically abused women, 38 % experienced IPFS; (Baltimore = 44 and USVI = 116). USVI women experiencing IPFS were more likely to have 3+ past-year sex partners (AOR 2.06, 95 % CI 1.03–4.14), casual sex partners (AOR 2.71, 95 % CI 1.42–5.17), and concurrent sex partners (AOR 1.94, 95 % CI 1.01–3.73) compared to their counterparts. Baltimore women reporting IPFS were more likely to have exchanged sex (AOR 3.57, 95 % CI 1.19–10.75). Women experiencing IPFS were more likely to report their abuser having other sexual partners in Baltimore (AOR 3.30, 95 % CI 1.22–8.88) and USVI (AOR 2.03, 95 % CI 1.20–3.44). Clinicians should consider the influence of IPFS on individual and partnership HIV sexual risk behaviors.
KW - Forced sex
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Sexual violence
KW - Women
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-014-0112-x
DO - 10.1007/s10903-014-0112-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 25248623
AN - SCOPUS:84941422442
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 17
SP - 1313
EP - 1321
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 5
ER -
