MINORITY WOMEN AND SEXUAL CHOICE IN THE AGE OF AIDS
MINORITY WOMEN AND SEXUAL CHOICE IN THE AGE OF AIDS
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DOI：
10.1016/0277-9536(92)90305-a
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发表时间：
1992-02-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
OKEN, E
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作者：
KLINE, A;KLINE, E;OKEN, E
随着妇女艾滋病毒感染率继续上升，促进安全性行为的卫生教育工作越来越多地以女性人口为目标。然而，这些努力是否明智常常受到质疑，理由是妇女，特别是处境不利的少数民族妇女，在与男子的关系中缺乏影响性决策过程的必要权力。采用定性的焦点小组方法，本研究探讨了高风险黑人和西班牙裔妇女群体的性决策基础。共有134名妇女从新泽西州北部三个城市的戒毒中心和社区机构招募了16个焦点小组。黑人和西班牙裔静脉吸毒者和艾滋病毒阳性妇女各3组，静脉吸毒者性伴侣各2组。调查结果表明，在性决策方面，少数族裔妇女往往相对于其男性伴侣拥有很大的权力。与风险认知有关的因素往往是这一人群实行安全性行为的更显著障碍。
As rates of HIV infection among women continue to rise, health education efforts promoting safer sexual practices have increasingly targeted the female population. However, the wisdom of these efforts is often questioned on the grounds that women, particularly disadvantaged, minority women, lack the necessary power in their relationships with men to influence the course of sexual decision-making. Using a qualitative, focus group methodology, the present study explored the bases of sexual decision-making among groups of high risk black and hispanic women. Sixteen focus groups were conducted with a total of 134 women recruited from drug treatment centers and community agencies in three Northern New Jersey cities. Three groups each were conducted with black and hispanic IV drug users and HIV positive women and 2 groups each with sex partners of IV drug users. Findings suggest that minority women often retain substantial power vis a vis their male partners with respect to sexual decision-making. Factors relating to perceptions of risk are frequently more salient barriers to the practice of safer sex in this population.