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Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors for Condom Use Among Female Injection Drug Users
Author(s) -
Brook David W.,
Brook Judith S.,
Whiteman Martin,
Win Pe Thet,
Masci Joseph R.,
Roberto Josephine,
Catalogne Jacques de,
Amundsen Frances
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1998.tb00326.x
Subject(s) - condom , psychosocial , psychological intervention , medicine , personality , clinical psychology , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , psychiatry , family medicine , psychology , environmental health , social psychology , syphilis , sociology
The authors examined the influences of domains of psychosocial risk and protective factors on male‐partner condom use in a cohort of 209 female HIV‐positive (HIV+) and HIV‐negative (HIV‐) injection drug users (IDUs) by use of a cross‐sectional, retrospective design. Information collected from a structured questionnaire included data on psychosocial risk and protective factors in the personality, family, and peer domains; HIV status; and condom use. Among HIV+ IDUs, personality risk factors (e.g., unconventionality), family (e.g., low maternal identification), and peer factors were related to less male‐partner condom use. Resources and condom availability were associated with greater male condom use with both HIV+ and HIV‐ IDUs. The psychosocial domains affected male condom use with both HIV+ and HIV‐ female IDU patients via two different mediational models. The findings suggest the need to use specific psychosocial interventions for risky sexual behavior among HIV+ and HIV‐ female IDUs. (Am J Addict 1998; 7:115–127)