TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlates of Sex Trading among Drug-Involved Women in Committed Intimate Relationships
T2 - A Risk Profile
AU - Jiwatram-Negrón, Tina
AU - El-Bassel, Nabila
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. El-Bassel acknowledges support received by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA R01DA16993 ). The authors have no conflicts of interest. Dr. El-Bassel and Tina Jiwatram-Negron had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Jacobs Institute of Women's Health.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Background: Despite a slight decline in new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in New York, marked increases and concentrated epidemics continue among subsets of the population, including women engaged in sex trading. We examined the prevalence and correlates of sex trading among 346 low-income, HIV-negative women in HIV-concordant intimate relationships. Methods: Women and their long-term main partners were recruited to participate in an HIV prevention intervention. Baseline data were used in this article. Findings: Of the 346 women in the study, 28% reported sex trading during the prior 90days. Multivariate analyses showed increased relative risk of sex trading by lifetime experience of severe intimate partner violence (IPV), drug, and alcohol use, and marginal significance for mental health hospitalization, partner drug dependency, and homelessness. Conclusions: These findings suggest an urgent need for HIV prevention and intervention efforts targeted toward women in intimate relationships who trade sex for money or drugs, with an emphasis on IPV, mental health, history of incarceration, and substance abuse.
AB - Background: Despite a slight decline in new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in New York, marked increases and concentrated epidemics continue among subsets of the population, including women engaged in sex trading. We examined the prevalence and correlates of sex trading among 346 low-income, HIV-negative women in HIV-concordant intimate relationships. Methods: Women and their long-term main partners were recruited to participate in an HIV prevention intervention. Baseline data were used in this article. Findings: Of the 346 women in the study, 28% reported sex trading during the prior 90days. Multivariate analyses showed increased relative risk of sex trading by lifetime experience of severe intimate partner violence (IPV), drug, and alcohol use, and marginal significance for mental health hospitalization, partner drug dependency, and homelessness. Conclusions: These findings suggest an urgent need for HIV prevention and intervention efforts targeted toward women in intimate relationships who trade sex for money or drugs, with an emphasis on IPV, mental health, history of incarceration, and substance abuse.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.whi.2015.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.whi.2015.04.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 26092746
AN - SCOPUS:84937516807
SN - 1049-3867
VL - 25
SP - 420
EP - 428
JO - Women's Health Issues
JF - Women's Health Issues
IS - 4
ER -