Correlates of Exchanging Sex for Drugs Or Money Among Women Who Use Crack Cocaine
| Autor: | Wendee M. Wechsberg, Jessica M. Edwards, Carolyn Tucker Halpern |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject Human sexuality Logistic regression Affect (psychology) Odds Interviews as Topic Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Psychiatry media_common business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Sex Work United States Black or African American Logistic Models Infectious Diseases Unemployment Crack Cocaine Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Education and Prevention. 18:420-429 |
| ISSN: | 0899-9546 |
| DOI: | 10.1521/aeap.2006.18.5.420 |
| Popis: | This study examined the correlates of trading sex for drugs or money among women who use crack cocaine. Using baseline data (n = 669) from a woman-focused HIV intervention study among African American women who use crack cocaine, we conducted logistic regression analysis to examine the odds of trading sex associated with distal and proximal factors. The results indicate that heavier crack use, homelessness, and unemployment are associated with trading sex. In addition, childhood abuse is associated with trading sex and this relationship is, in part, mediated by psychological distress. This suggests that distal factors may underlie the relationship between current variables and sex trading. These findings underscore the importance for public health interventions to address both distal and proximal factors that contribute to and/or co-occur with women's drug use which, in turn, may affect their HIV risk and overall well-being. |
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