She Decides

Sex Partner Selection Decision Making and African American Women

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18947844
AutoresAnn Kiki Anaebere (University of California, Los Angeles, CA, autor de correspondencia), Adeline M Nyamathi (0000-0003-4979-6620, University of California, Los Angeles), Adeline Nyamathi (University of California, Los Angeles, CA), Sally L Maliski (University of California, Los Angeles), Sally Maliski (University of California, Los Angeles, CA), Chandra L Ford (0000-0001-7684-1840, University of California, Los Angeles), Chandra Ford (University of California, Los Angeles, CA), Angela Hudson (0009-0000-2814-4485, University of California, Los Angeles, CA), Deborah Koniak-Griffin (University of California, Los Angeles, CA), Deborah Koniak‐Griffin (0000-0002-0974-2815, University of California, Los Angeles)
Año2012
Volumen43
Número8
Páginas872-892
Fecha de publicación2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Black Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0021934712459958
OpenAlexW1969681003
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas32

The number of HIV-AIDS cases among African American women (AAW) continues to rise. AAW currently account for about 65% of AIDS diagnoses among women in the United States. Furthermore, among AAW living with HIV-AIDS, heterosexual transmission remains the leading cause of HIV spread. Indeed, examining AAWs sex partner selection patterns will be a key step in understanding how to support HIV prevention for this population. A grounded-theory study was conducted to examine what factors influence AAW’s alternation between monogamous and nonmonogamous sexual relationships. To explore this phenomenon, we recruited 14 urban AAW between the ages of 18 and 30 for interviews. The findings revealed that AAW’s sex partner selection patterns in consensual sexual relationships were influenced by the “getting-to-know” process, the male’s relationship preference, a woman’s risk perception, and how the role of sex is defined. The results of this study can provide insights for future interventions seeking to curb HIV rates among AAW from urban communities

Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Population · Preference · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology