Colleen C Hoff
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1259941 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Colleen C Hoff |
| PRENOMES | Colleen C |
| SOBRENOME | Hoff |
| ASSINATURA | HOFF C C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | San Francisco State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1559-4599 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 133 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1990 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Experiences of discrimination and support among trans men and women partnered with cis men
Trans individuals routinely experience discrimination. In this study, thirty-nine couples consisting of a trans partner and a cis male partner from the San Francisco Bay Area were interviewed about their relationship. The interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed and reviewed for accuracy. Guided by grounded theory, coders began thematic analysis until inter-coder reliability was achieved. Further qualitative coding produced several codes, …
Limitations to Participation in Family of Origin Among Same Sex Couples
Emerging studies focus on minority stressors emanating from society's stigmatization of particular relationship forms (i.e., couple-level minority stressors). The present study examines how same-sex couples experience one such couple-level minority stressor: limitations to participation in families of origin. Qualitative data are drawn from a sub-sample of same-sex couples (N = 18) who participated in a large-scale study of minority stress among …
Sex and Sexual Agreement Negotiation among Trans Women and Trans Men Partnered with Cis Men
Though trans individuals have some of the highest rates of HIV in the U.S., little is known about how trans couples navigate these risks within committed relationships. Thirty-nine couples, composed of one trans partner and one cis male partner, were asked about their relationship agreements, including sexual negotiations, in semi-structured, qualitative interviews. Couples reported definitions of monogamy and non-monogamy that were inconsistent …
Communication Patterns Among Male Couples with Open and Monogamous Agreements
Assessing Self-Efficacy and Communication Regarding Sexual Agreements among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the USA
HIV disproportionately impacts men who have sex with men (MSM) in the USA. Building upon research on relationship constructs unique to MSM couples' HIV-prevention needs, we developed two new scales measuring sexual agreement self-efficacy (SASE) and importance of sexual agreement communication (ISAC). Following qualitative item development, we used two large independent samples of MSM couples (N1 = 441, N2 = 388) to conduct scale validation. Expl…
Composite Risk for HIV
Studying the Motivations Behind Sexual Agreements
Sexual agreements are ubiquitous among male couples, yet little is known about motivations behind agreements and their association with sexual risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Qualitative interviews with 39 couples informed the development of the items in the Motivations Behind Agreement (MBA) scale. The scale was validated via exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using quantitative data from two (7…
Relationship Power Among Same-Sex Male Couples in New York and San Francisco
Research is clear that power differentials between women and men shape women's human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risks; however, little research has attempted to examine power differentials within same-sex male (SSM) couples and whether these influence sexual risk outcomes. To produce the first quantitative scale that measures power in SSM relationships, the current work was a Phase 1 qualitative study that sought to understand domains of relati…
Dyadic dynamics of HIV risk among transgender women and their primary male sexual partners
Transgender women - individuals assigned a male sex at birth who identify as women, female, or on the male-to-female trans feminine spectrum - are at high-risk of HIV worldwide. Prior research has suggested that transgender women more frequently engage in condomless sex with primary cisgender (i.e., non-transgender) male partners compared with casual or paying partners, and that condomless sex in this context might be motivated by relationship dy…
Sexual behavior and HIV risk among age-discrepant, same-sex male couples
Research has suggested that men who have sex with men and who have older sexual partners are at increased risk of HIV infection. However, while several studies have explored risk among men in age-discrepant non-primary partnerships, only two have explored age discrepancy and risk in primary same-sex male relationships. We used data from semi-structured in-depth interviews to explore sexual behaviour and HIV risk among 14 Black, white and interrac…
Relationship Power, Sociodemographics, and Their Relative Influence on Sexual Agreements Among Gay Male Couples
Motivations to Test for HIV Among Partners in Concordant HIV-Negative and HIV-Discordant Gay Male Couples
HIV Testing Behaviors and Perceptions of Risk of HIV Infection Among MSM with Main Partners
Sexual Risk for HIV Among Gay Male Couples
The Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV Serodiscordance Among Male Couples Presenting for HIV Testing
Health, Trust, or “Just Understood”
Past Present
Discordant couples are unique because neither partner shares the same serostatus. Yet research overlooks how they became discordant, mistakenly assuming that they have always been that way and, by extension, that being discordant impacts the relationship in a similar manner. This study examines HIV infection history and its impact on relationship dynamics using qualitative data from 35 discordant gay male couples. Most couples met discordant (69%…
Relationship Characteristics Associated with Sexual Risk Behavior Among MSM in Committed Relationships
Understanding situations that increase HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) requires consideration of the context in which risky behaviors occur. Relationships are one such context. This study examines the presence and predictors of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in the past 3 months among 566 MSM couples. A majority of couples allowed sex with outside partners. Overall, 65% of the sample engaged in UAI with primary partner, includi…
Sexual agreements in the partnerships of Internet-using men who have sex with men
Recent studies among men who have sex with men (MSM) have found that the majority of HIV transmission results from sex with a main partner. One factor likely to affect the risk of transmission is the type of agreements the couple has regarding sexual behaviour within and outside the relationship. This study recruited 732 Internet-using MSM through Facebook banner ads. Participants completed an online questionnaire regarding demographic characteri…
Risks worth taking
As HIV research and prevention efforts increasingly target gay men in relationships, situational factors such as couple serostatus and agreements about sex become central to examinations of risk. Discordant gay couples are of particular interest because the risk of HIV infection is seemingly near-at-hand. Yet, little is known about their sexual behaviors, agreements about sex, and safer sex efforts. The present study utilized longitudinal semi-st…
Rates of Testing for HIV in the Presence of Serodiscordant UAI Among HIV-Negative Gay Men in Committed Relationships
Relationship Dynamics as Predictors of Broken Agreements About Outside Sexual Partners
Partner-Provided Social Support Influences Choice of Risk Reduction Strategies in Gay Male Couples
We investigated the influence of partner-provided HIV-specific and general social support on the sexual risk behavior of gay male couples with concordant, discordant, or serostatus-unknown outside partners. Participants were 566 gay male couples from the San Francisco Bay Area. HIV-specific social support was a consistent predictor for reduced unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with both concordant outside partners (all couple types) and outside …
The couple as context
HIV-prevention efforts with gay men in relationships frequently omit primary partners. When they are considered, examinations of race/ethnicity are often overlooked despite higher infection rates among gay men of colour. Acknowledging both the need to contextualise the behaviours that may affect HIV risk for gay men of colour and the disproportionate impact of HIV on Latino gay men, the present study utilised semi-structured, qualitative intervie…
Relationship characteristics and motivations behind agreements among gay male couples
Gay men in relationships are often overlooked in HIV prevention efforts, yet many engage in sexual behaviors that increase their HIV risk and some seroconvert as a result. While different aspects of gay male relationships have been studied, such as sexual agreements, relationship characteristics, and couple serostatus, little research combines these elements to examine HIV risk for this population. The present study recruited 566 gay male couples…
Sexual Agreements Among Gay Male Couples
Longitudinal predictors of reductions in unprotected anal intercourse among gay men in San Francisco
Predictors of unprotected anal intercourse were examined among 508 gay men in San Francisco. The cohort was recruited in 1983-84 at which time 49.8 percent of non-monogamous men (N = 435) and 71.2 percent of monogamous men (N = 73) reported practicing unprotected anal intercourse. Only 12 percent of non-monogamous and 27.4 percent of monogamous men reported these practices in 1988. The non-monogamous men who practiced unprotected anal intercourse…
Sexual Risk for HIV Transmission among Singles-Bar Patrons in San Francisco
Sexual risk for HIV infection was measured among heterosexual male and female and homosexual male bar patrons in San Francisco. High levels of sexual risk for HIV transmission were reported, especially in comparison to other samples of heterosexual and homosexual populations in San Francisco. Interventions must do more than communicate knowledge about the routes of HIV transmission, since these bar patrons demonstrated high levels of AIDS knowled…
Development and Validation of the Sexual Agreement Investment Scale
Sexual agreements are ubiquitous among gay men. Lower levels of investment in these agreements may be associated with breaking them or engaging in risky sexual behavior. A scale was developed to measure agreement investment levels among gay men. Qualitative data from 78 gay men in committed relationships were analyzed to inform item development, followed by quantitative analyses of two larger samples (n = 380, n = 1,001) to assess construct, conv…
Sexual Risk for HIV Among Gay Male Couples
Relationship Power Among Same-Sex Male Couples in New York and San Francisco
Research is clear that power differentials between women and men shape women's human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risks; however, little research has attempted to examine power differentials within same-sex male (SSM) couples and whether these influence sexual risk outcomes. To produce the first quantitative scale that measures power in SSM relationships, the current work was a Phase 1 qualitative study that sought to understand domains of relati…
The Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV Serodiscordance Among Male Couples Presenting for HIV Testing
Motivations to Test for HIV Among Partners in Concordant HIV-Negative and HIV-Discordant Gay Male Couples
Health, Trust, or “Just Understood”
Past Present
Discordant couples are unique because neither partner shares the same serostatus. Yet research overlooks how they became discordant, mistakenly assuming that they have always been that way and, by extension, that being discordant impacts the relationship in a similar manner. This study examines HIV infection history and its impact on relationship dynamics using qualitative data from 35 discordant gay male couples. Most couples met discordant (69%…
Limitations to Participation in Family of Origin Among Same Sex Couples
Emerging studies focus on minority stressors emanating from society's stigmatization of particular relationship forms (i.e., couple-level minority stressors). The present study examines how same-sex couples experience one such couple-level minority stressor: limitations to participation in families of origin. Qualitative data are drawn from a sub-sample of same-sex couples (N = 18) who participated in a large-scale study of minority stress among …
Studying the Motivations Behind Sexual Agreements
Sexual agreements are ubiquitous among male couples, yet little is known about motivations behind agreements and their association with sexual risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Qualitative interviews with 39 couples informed the development of the items in the Motivations Behind Agreement (MBA) scale. The scale was validated via exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using quantitative data from two (7…
The Efficacy of Female Condom Skills Training in HIV Risk Reduction Among Women
Objectives. We evaluated the efficacy of skills training designed to increase female condom use among women. Methods. We conducted a randomized controlled trial of 409 women, recruited from family planning clinics in northern California, who were randomly assigned to the experimental 4-session female condom skills training intervention or the comparison 4-session women's general health promotion intervention. Participants received condom use inst…
Longitudinal predictors of reductions in unprotected anal intercourse among gay men in San Francisco
Predictors of unprotected anal intercourse were examined among 508 gay men in San Francisco. The cohort was recruited in 1983-84 at which time 49.8 percent of non-monogamous men (N = 435) and 71.2 percent of monogamous men (N = 73) reported practicing unprotected anal intercourse. Only 12 percent of non-monogamous and 27.4 percent of monogamous men reported these practices in 1988. The non-monogamous men who practiced unprotected anal intercourse…
Sexual Risk for HIV Transmission among Singles-Bar Patrons in San Francisco
Sexual risk for HIV infection was measured among heterosexual male and female and homosexual male bar patrons in San Francisco. High levels of sexual risk for HIV transmission were reported, especially in comparison to other samples of heterosexual and homosexual populations in San Francisco. Interventions must do more than communicate knowledge about the routes of HIV transmission, since these bar patrons demonstrated high levels of AIDS knowled…
Disclosing HIV seropositivity to significant others
OBJECTIVES: To examine gay men's patterns of self-disclosure of HIV seropositivity to friends, lovers, relatives and colleagues; to assess the effects of disclosure; and to identify reasons for not disclosing to particular individuals. DESIGN: Longitudinal questionnaire survey of gay men. METHODS: A total of 163 HIV-positive men participating in the AIDS Behavioral Research Project, a longitudinal study of San Francisco gay men, completed questio…
Childhood Sexual Abuse and HIV Risk-Taking Behavior Among Gay and Bisexual Men
Sexual harm reduction practices of HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual men
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed unprotected anal and oral sex behaviors of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in New York City and San Francisco with their main and non-main sexual partners. Here we focus on the use of three harm reduction strategies (serosorting, strategic positioning, and withdrawal before ejaculation) in order to decrease transmission risk. METHOD: The data from a baseline assessment of 1168 HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in …
Examining the role of partner status in an HIV prevention trial targeting HIV-positive gay and bisexual men
Recruitment Source and Behavioral Risk Patterns of HIV-Positive Men Who have Sex with Men
Recruitment Source and Behavioral Risk Patterns of HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men
The Efficacy of Female Condom Skills Training in HIV Risk Reduction Among Women
Objectives. We evaluated the efficacy of skills training designed to increase female condom use among women. Methods. We conducted a randomized controlled trial of 409 women, recruited from family planning clinics in northern California, who were randomly assigned to the experimental 4-session female condom skills training intervention or the comparison 4-session women's general health promotion intervention. Participants received condom use inst…
Development and Validation of the Sexual Agreement Investment Scale
Sexual agreements are ubiquitous among gay men. Lower levels of investment in these agreements may be associated with breaking them or engaging in risky sexual behavior. A scale was developed to measure agreement investment levels among gay men. Qualitative data from 78 gay men in committed relationships were analyzed to inform item development, followed by quantitative analyses of two larger samples (n = 380, n = 1,001) to assess construct, conv…
Relationship characteristics and motivations behind agreements among gay male couples
Gay men in relationships are often overlooked in HIV prevention efforts, yet many engage in sexual behaviors that increase their HIV risk and some seroconvert as a result. While different aspects of gay male relationships have been studied, such as sexual agreements, relationship characteristics, and couple serostatus, little research combines these elements to examine HIV risk for this population. The present study recruited 566 gay male couples…
Sexual Agreements Among Gay Male Couples
Relationship Dynamics as Predictors of Broken Agreements About Outside Sexual Partners
Partner-Provided Social Support Influences Choice of Risk Reduction Strategies in Gay Male Couples
We investigated the influence of partner-provided HIV-specific and general social support on the sexual risk behavior of gay male couples with concordant, discordant, or serostatus-unknown outside partners. Participants were 566 gay male couples from the San Francisco Bay Area. HIV-specific social support was a consistent predictor for reduced unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with both concordant outside partners (all couple types) and outside …
The couple as context
HIV-prevention efforts with gay men in relationships frequently omit primary partners. When they are considered, examinations of race/ethnicity are often overlooked despite higher infection rates among gay men of colour. Acknowledging both the need to contextualise the behaviours that may affect HIV risk for gay men of colour and the disproportionate impact of HIV on Latino gay men, the present study utilised semi-structured, qualitative intervie…
Relationship Characteristics Associated with Sexual Risk Behavior Among MSM in Committed Relationships
Understanding situations that increase HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) requires consideration of the context in which risky behaviors occur. Relationships are one such context. This study examines the presence and predictors of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in the past 3 months among 566 MSM couples. A majority of couples allowed sex with outside partners. Overall, 65% of the sample engaged in UAI with primary partner, includi…
Sexual agreements in the partnerships of Internet-using men who have sex with men
Recent studies among men who have sex with men (MSM) have found that the majority of HIV transmission results from sex with a main partner. One factor likely to affect the risk of transmission is the type of agreements the couple has regarding sexual behaviour within and outside the relationship. This study recruited 732 Internet-using MSM through Facebook banner ads. Participants completed an online questionnaire regarding demographic characteri…
Risks worth taking
As HIV research and prevention efforts increasingly target gay men in relationships, situational factors such as couple serostatus and agreements about sex become central to examinations of risk. Discordant gay couples are of particular interest because the risk of HIV infection is seemingly near-at-hand. Yet, little is known about their sexual behaviors, agreements about sex, and safer sex efforts. The present study utilized longitudinal semi-st…
Rates of Testing for HIV in the Presence of Serodiscordant UAI Among HIV-Negative Gay Men in Committed Relationships
Past Present
Discordant couples are unique because neither partner shares the same serostatus. Yet research overlooks how they became discordant, mistakenly assuming that they have always been that way and, by extension, that being discordant impacts the relationship in a similar manner. This study examines HIV infection history and its impact on relationship dynamics using qualitative data from 35 discordant gay male couples. Most couples met discordant (69%…
HIV Testing Behaviors and Perceptions of Risk of HIV Infection Among MSM with Main Partners
Sexual Risk for HIV Among Gay Male Couples
The Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV Serodiscordance Among Male Couples Presenting for HIV Testing
Health, Trust, or “Just Understood”
Relationship Power, Sociodemographics, and Their Relative Influence on Sexual Agreements Among Gay Male Couples
Psychology (34 obras) · Medicine (29 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (28 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (27 obras) · Social Psychology (22 obras) · Demography (20 obras) · Family medicine (18 obras) · Developmental psychology (16 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (15 obras) · Sociology (15 obras)