RISK-RELATED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR--LOW INCOME SEPARATED WOMEN

描述(调查人员摘要)：目的 研究是描述与风险相关的性行为 分居的低收入女性的代表性样本 或与伴侣或配偶离婚。现有的性行为 行为研究主要集中在临床的小样本研究上。 客户、寻求避孕的女性、青少年、 静脉注射吸毒者和同性恋男子，并一直 主要是在大城市地区。一个主要的需求是 为了检查一个人与风险相关的性行为 居住在一起的低收入离散妇女的代表性样本 在人口较少的地区，并以行为为目标 在分居后与个别合伙人的关系。这个 建议的研究将使用经过检验的护理理论 框架--顾客健康行为的互动模型 (IMCHB)，探索与父母分离后的性风险 固定伴侣或配偶。 这项调查是一项回溯性的横断面相关调查。 关于关系的数量和方向的询问 在IMCHB的客户奇点元素的变量中 以及使用避孕套的健康后果。调查的依据是 之前测试过的自我报告问卷。样本 由单身、已婚或有伴侣、低收入的 收入在18至60岁之间的妇女。随机的三阶段 整群抽样计划包括200年内所有符合条件的妇女 来自南部哥伦比亚低收入人口普查区的家庭 卡罗莱纳。分析包括描述性分析和关系性分析 统计和探索(通径分析) 变量。IMCHB人口统计的解释模型， 社交、既往性健康经历、环境 资源、认知、情感和动机的影响 在降低风险方面，将发展性行为。那里 还将对此样本的数据与 之前收集的数据来自中产阶级的样本 离婚或分居的女性。 这项研究将提供急需的风险描述- 分居低收入女性的相关性行为。从… 这些数据，护士可以制定和实施干预措施 帮助女性降低性传播风险 疾病。

DESCRIPTION (Investigator's Abstract): The purpose of this study is to describe risk-related sexual practices of a representative sample of low-income women who are separated or divorced from a partner or spouse. Existing sexual behavior studies have focused on small samples of clinic clients, women seeking contraception, adolescents, intravenous drug users, and homosexual men, and have been predominantly in large metropolitan areas. A major need is to examine the risk-related sexual behaviors of a representative sample of low-income separated women residing in a less densely populated area, and to target behaviors with individual partners subsequent to the separation. The proposed study will use the tested nursing theoretical framework, The Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior (IMCHB), to explore sexual risks after separation from regular partner or spouse. This survey is a retrospective, cross-sectional correlational inquiry about the quantity and direction of relationships among the variables in the IMCHB's Client Singularity element and the Health Outcome of condom use. The inquiry relies on a previously tested self-report questionnaire. The sample consists of single, previously married or partnered, low- income women between 18 and 60 years of age. A random 3-stage cluster sampling plan includes all eligible women in 200 households from low-income census blocks in Columbia, South Carolina. The analysis includes descriptive and relational statistics and exploration (path analysis) of links among the variables. An explanatory model with IMCHB's demographic, social, previous sexual health experience, environmental resources, cognitive, affective, and motivational influences on risk reduction sexual behaviors will be developed. There will also be a comparison of this sample's data with previously collected data from a sample of middle-class divorced or separated women. This study will provide a much needed description of risk- related sexual behaviors of separated low-income women. From these data, nurses can develop and implement interventions to help women reduce their risk for sexually transmitted diseases.