Unprotected Sex of Homeless Women Living in Los Angeles County: An Investigation of the Multiple Levels of Risk
Unprotected Sex of Homeless Women Living in Los Angeles County: An Investigation of the Multiple Levels of Risk
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DOI：
10.1007/s10461-009-9621-3
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发表时间：
2010-08-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Zhou, Annie
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作者：
Kennedy, David P.;Wenzel, Suzanne L.;Zhou, Annie
本研究采用多层次模型来探讨无家可归妇女无保护性行为的背景。基于对429名随机选择的居住在洛杉矶临时收容所的妇女的采访，本项目调查了与特定伴侣发生无保护性行为的多个层面的影响。以前的研究主要在个人层面上调查无家可归妇女的安全套使用情况。该项目调查伴侣、妇女个人及其社会网络层面的无保护性行为。相信避孕套能有效预防艾滋病毒感染的无家可归妇女认为，她们感染艾滋病毒的可能性较低，并且与她们谈论艾滋病毒的非性伴侣社会网络关系的比例较高，她们不太可能进行无保护的性行为。在对伴侣有高度承诺并经历身体暴力的关系中，妇女更有可能从事危险的性行为。
This research uses multi-level modeling to investigate the context of unprotected sex of homeless women. Based on interviews with 429 randomly selected women living in temporary shelter settings in Los Angeles, this project investigates multiple levels of influence on unprotected sex with particular partners. Previous studies have investigated condom use of homeless women primarily at the individual level. This project investigates unprotected sex at the level of the partnership, the individual woman, and her social network. Homeless women who believe in the efficacy of condoms to prevent HIV infection, believe that they have low susceptibility to HIV and have a greater proportion of their non-sex partner social network ties with whom they speak about HIV are less likely to engage in unprotected sex. Women are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior in relationships in which they have high commitment to their partner and experience physical violence.