Assessing the relationship between child sexual abuse and marginal living conditions on HIV/AIDS-related risk behavior among women prisoners
| Autor: | Janet L. Mullings, James W. Marquart, Victoria E. Brewer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Victimology Psychosocial Deprivation Poison control HIV Infections Context (language use) Risk-Taking Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Medicine Risk factor Child Substance Abuse Intravenous Psychiatry Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome business.industry Prisoners virus diseases Child Abuse Sexual Middle Aged medicine.disease Texas Psychiatry and Mental health Sexual abuse Child sexual abuse Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Abuse & Neglect. 24:677-688 |
| ISSN: | 0145-2134 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0145-2134(00)00127-7 |
| Popis: | Objective: There were two aims in this research. First, to examine the relationships between childhood sexual abuse and HIV drug and sexual risk taking behaviors among female prisoners, and second, to examine the relationship between a marginal adult living context and HIV drug and sexual risk taking behavior among female prisoners. Method: The data were collected through face-to-face interviews with a random sample of 500 women at admission to prison in 1994. Differences between women who were sexually abused while growing up (n = 130) were compared to women who reported no sexual abuse (n = 370) along various demographic, and HIV drug and sexual risk taking dimensions. Results: A history of sexual abuse while growing up was associated with increased sexual risk taking behaviors in adulthood. A marginal adult living situation also emerged as an important factor increasing the risk for HIV infection. Examining the co-occurrence of both childhood sexual abuse and adult marginal living context revealed a strong relationship between these two factors and HIV risk taking activities. Conclusions: The findings indicate that childhood sexual abuse may be a predictor for HIV sexual risk taking behaviors among incarcerated women. The marginal and chaotic adult living style of these women was also associated the extent of their HIV drug and sexual risk taking behaviors. Our research suggests that the co-occurrence of sexual victimization and marginality is a stronger predictor of HIV risk than each variable alone. |
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