Factors That Influence Vulnerability to STDS and Hiv/Aids Among Hispanic Women

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15216537
AutoresElizabeth Abel (The University of Texas at Austin, autor correspondente), Kathryn B Chambers (The University of Texas at Austin), Kathryn Chambers
Ano2004
Volume25
Fascículo8
Páginas761-780
Data de publicação2004-08-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399330490475601
PMID15371080
OpenAlexW2052630437
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas7

Self-esteem, motivation for sexual health, and sexual risk behaviors as indicated by condom use and number of sex partners was explored in a sample of 140 Hispanic women of childbearing age (18-44 years). The researchers used Cox's Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior (IMCHB) as the conceptual framework for the study. They found that 70% (n = 79) of single women reported condom use with their most recent sexual partner, and 49% (n = 55) of single women reported more than one sexual partner in the last 12 months. Self-esteem and motivation for sexual health were significantly associated (r =.42, p =.001), although only the latter was related to condom use among single women (r =.29, p =.01). Women who reported higher self-esteem were less likely to worry about acquiring sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Despite public information about STDs, including HIV/AIDS, a proportion of these women and their partners are vulnerable to these diseases. Health promotion implications are discussed

Anxiety · Condom · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Reproductive health · Syphilis · Worry · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Gerontology