Among African American women from four rural Southeastern counties, partner's concurrency was associated with intimate partner violence, and forced sex, but not economic benefit

Adimora, Adaora A.

Doherty, Irene A.

Ludema, Christina

McLellan-Lemal, Eleanor

O'Daniels, Christine M.

Simpson, Cathy

Villar-Loubet, Olga

White, Becky L.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Christina Ludema

Irene A. Doherty

Becky L. White

Olga Villar-Loubet

Eleanor McLellan-Lemal

Christine M. O'Daniels

Adaora A. Adimora

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Characteristics of African American Women and Their Partners With Perceived Concurrent Partnerships in 4 Rural Counties in the Southeastern US

OʼDaniels, Christine M.

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To the individual with concurrent partners, it is thought that having concurrent partnerships confers no greater risk of acquiring HIV than having multiple consecutive partnerships. However, an individual whose partner has concurrent partnerships (partner's concurrency) is at increased risk for incident HIV infection. We sought to better understand relationships characterized by partner's concurrency among African American women.
A total of 1013 African American women participated in a cross-sectional survey from 4 rural Southeastern counties.
Older age at first sex was associated with lower prevalence of partner's concurrency (prevalence ratio, 0.70; 95% confidence interval, 0.57-0.87), but the participant's age was not associated with partner's concurrency. After adjusting for covariates, ever having experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) and forced sex were most strongly associated with partner's concurrency (prevalence ratios, 1.61 [95% confidence intervals, 1.23-2.11] and 1.65 [1.20-2.26], respectively). Women in mutually monogamous partnerships were the most likely to receive economic support from their partners; women whose partners had concurrent partnerships did not report more economic benefit than did those whose partners were monogamous.
Associations between history of IPV and forced sex with partner's concurrency suggest that women with these experiences may particularly benefit from interventions to reduce partner's concurrency in addition to support for reducing IPV and other sexual risks. To inform these interventions, further research to understand partnerships characterized by partner's concurrency is warranted

Ludema, Christina

Doherty, Irene A

White, Becky L

Villar-Loubet, Olga

McLellan-Lemal, Eleanor

OʼDaniels, Christine M

Adimora, Adaora A

University of Miami: Scholarship Miami

Characteristics of African American Women and Their Partners With Perceived Concurrent Partnerships in 4 Rural Counties in the Southeastern U.S

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000325

Characteristics of African American Women and Their Partners With Perceived Concurrent Partnerships in 4 Rural Counties in the Southeastern US

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