Open AccessSexual Behaviors, Perception of Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk, and Practice of Safe Sex Among Southern African American Women Who Have Sex With Women
Author(s) -
Christina A. Muzny,
Hanne S. Harbison,
Elizabeth Pembleton,
Erika L. Austin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e31828caf34
Subject(s) - medicine , focus group , demography , reproductive health , population , unsafe sex , safer sex , men who have sex with men , family medicine , gynecology , gerontology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , condom , environmental health , marketing , sociology , business
Women who have sex with women (WSW) and women who have sex with women and men (WSWM) are frequently perceived to be at low risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), although data show that their STI rates are similar to heterosexual women. Little research has examined sexual behaviors, perceptions of STI risk, and practice of safe sex among African American WSW/WSWM living in the Southern United States, a population of women likely to be at high risk for STIs.