RISK-RELATED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR--LOW INCOME SEPARATED WOMEN

描述（研究者摘要）：本研究的目的 这项研究是为了描述一个与风险有关的性行为， 离职的低收入妇女的代表性样本 或与伴侣或配偶离婚。现有的性 行为研究集中在小样本的临床 客户，寻求避孕的妇女，青少年， 静脉注射吸毒者和同性恋男子，并已被 主要是在大都市地区。 一个主要的需求是 来检查一个有风险的性行为， 低收入分居妇女的代表性样本 在一个人口较少的地区， 与个别合伙人分开后。 的 拟议的研究将使用测试的护理理论 客户健康行为的交互模型 （IMCHB），探讨分离后的性风险， 固定伴侣或配偶。 这项调查是一项回顾性的、横断面的相关研究。 对关系的数量和方向的探究 在IMCHB的客户奇异性元素中的变量中， 和避孕套使用的健康结果。 调查依赖于 一份之前测试过的自我报告问卷。样品 单身，以前结婚或有伴侣，低- 18至60岁收入妇女。随机3阶段 整群抽样计划包括200名合格妇女 来自哥伦比亚南部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（路径分析） 变量 IMCHB的人口统计解释模型， 社会，以前的性健康经验，环境 资源、认知、情感和动机影响 在降低风险方面，性行为将得到发展。 那里 也将是这个样本的数据与 以前从中产阶级样本中收集的数据 离婚或分居的女性。 这项研究将提供一个非常需要的风险描述- 低收入分居妇女的性行为。 从 这些数据，护士可以制定和实施干预措施， 帮助妇女降低性传播疾病的风险 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.