Severely mentally ill women's HIV risk: the influence of social support, substance use, and contextual risk factors. Community Ment Health J 2007 Feb;43(1):33-47
Date
12/05/2006Pubmed ID
17143730Pubmed Central ID
PMC2410084DOI
10.1007/s10597-006-9069-0Scopus ID
2-s2.0-33847343535 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 20 CitationsAbstract
In structured interviews with 96 women with severe mental illness, nearly two-thirds had not used condoms during sexual intercourse in the past 3 months, more than two-thirds had sex with multiple partners, and almost one-third had been treated for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the past year. Women who reported fewer sexual risk context factors, such as having sex with someone the participant did not know or transactional sex, had fewer sexual partners. Larger social support networks were associated with less frequent sex after drug use. In turn, women who less often had sex after using drugs had unprotected intercourse less frequently.
Author List
Randolph ME, Pinkerton SD, Somlai AM, Kelly JA, McAuliffe TL, Gibson RH, Hackl KAuthors
Jeffrey A. Kelly PhD Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinTimothy L. McAuliffe PhD Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultFemale
HIV Infections
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Risk Assessment
Risk-Taking
Severity of Illness Index
Social Support
Substance-Related Disorders
United States
Unsafe Sex
