Open AccessSexual Violence and HIV Risk Behaviors Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Heterosexual American Women: The Importance of Sexual Coercion
Author(s) -
Jamila K. Stockman,
Jacquelyn C. Campbell,
David D. Celentano
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
jaids journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181b3a8cc
Subject(s) - sexual coercion , heterosexuality , coercion (linguistics) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sexual behavior , psychology , risky sexual behavior , sample (material) , clinical psychology , homosexuality , demography , medicine , environmental health , criminology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , virology , sociology , sexually active , linguistics , philosophy , psychoanalysis , chemistry , chromatography
Recent evidence suggests that it is important to consider behavioral specific sexual violence measures in assessing women's risk behaviors. This study investigated associations of history and types of sexual coercion on HIV risk behaviors in a nationally representative sample of heterosexually active American women.
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