Sexual Partnership Characteristics of African American Women Who Have Sex With Women; Impact on Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 611-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina A. Muzny ◽  
Erika L. Austin ◽  
Hanne S. Harbison ◽  
Edward W. Hook
2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Laughon ◽  
Andrea Carlson Gielen ◽  
Jacquelyn C. Campbell ◽  
Jessica Burke ◽  
Karen McDonnell ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie B. Oser ◽  
Erin Pullen ◽  
Danelle Stevens-Watkins ◽  
Brea L. Perry ◽  
Jennifer R. Havens ◽  
...  

This study uses data from 564 African American women to examine the correlates of lifetime prevalence of a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Specifically, we test the effects of perceptions about the availability of African American males, five partner characteristics, and drug history. At the bivariate level, women with an STI diagnosis were significantly more likely to have dated a man who was married, older, had sex with another man, involved in concurrent partnerships, and had been incarcerated. About half of the participants stated it was difficult to find an eligible African American male and attributed the limited pool of same-race partners to drug trafficking, a lack of monogamy, and high rates of incarceration. Multivariate analyses revealed having dated a man who had concurrent sexual partnerships or had been incarcerated, as well as drug use during sex were positively associated with ever having an STI. Individual and contextual implications are addressed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 218-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon R. Sznitman ◽  
Daniel Romer ◽  
Larry K. Brown ◽  
Ralph J. DiClemente ◽  
Robert F. Valois ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 605-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. Grange ◽  
Sarah Jane Brubaker ◽  
Maya A. Corneille

This qualitative study examined the sexual socialization experienced by emerging adult, African American women, ages 18 to 26 years, who received services at a sexually transmitted infection clinic. Data obtained from in-depth interviews revealed that women received information about sex and relationships from three primary sources: women of the previous generation, who emphasized relationship quality, contraception and the consequences of sex; partner qualities, and role responsibilities; same-generation women, whose messages addressed relationship quality and the consequences of sex and male family members, who emphasized men’s treatment of women and sexual issues. Women described both direct and indirect (observed) messages, as well as differences and similarities in messages. The analysis focused on the content of these messages, and the influence of race, class, gender, and age in the socialization experience.


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