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ArticleLGBT health

Psychosocial Stressors and Sexual Health Among Southern African American Women Who Have Sex with Women.

Christina A Muzny, Ashley E Pérez, Ellen F Eaton, Madina Agénor

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Christina A Muzny1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama.
Ashley E Pérez2 Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health , Providence, Rhode Island.
Ellen F Eaton1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama.
Madina Agénor4 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , Boston, Massachusetts.

Funding

UAB K12 in Patient Centered Outcomes ResearchK12HS023009 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI SAAG, KENNETH G · 2014 to 2018
$4.0M
Minority Populations Resource CoreU24AA022000 · NIAAA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI OPERARIO, DON · 2012 to 2015
$1.9M
Pathogenesis of Bacterial Vaginosis in Women Who Have Sex with WomenK23AI106957 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI MUZNY, CHRISTINA A · 2014 to 2018
$873k
AHRQ HHS K12 HS023009NIAAA NIH HHS U24 AA022000NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI106957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe examined the association of psychosocial stressors (depressive symptoms, incarceration, and intimate partner violence [IPV]) with sexual behaviors, sexually transmitted infection (STI) history, and STI diagnoses among African American women who have sex with women (AAWSW).

methodsThis was a secondary analysis from a study of AAWSW ≥16 years. Multivariable Poisson regression estimated risk ratios (RRs) for the association between depressive symptoms, incarceration, and IPV and sexual behaviors, STI history, and STI diagnosis at enrollment, adjusting for age and sexual orientation identity.

resultsOf 165 AAWSW, the mean depressive symptom score was 1.0 (SD ±0.8); 22.4% reported incarceration and 62.4% reported IPV. Depressive symptoms were associated with alcohol/drug use at last sexual encounter (RR = 1.52, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.18-1.95) and STI diagnosis (RR = 1.19; 95% CI: 1.05-1.34). Incarceration was associated with STI history (RR = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.07-1.53). IPV was associated with alcohol/drug use during sex with women (RR = 1.42; 95% CI: 1.05-1.92) and STI history (RR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.13-1.78), particularly trichomoniasis (RR 2.50; 95% CI: 1.52-4.12). Among AAWSW reporting sex with men (n = 144), depressive symptoms were associated with sex in exchange for money/drugs (RR = 1.98; 95% CI: 1.17-3.34) and alcohol/drug use during sex with men (RR = 1.24; 95% CI: 1.05-1.46). Incarceration was associated with sex in exchange for money/drugs with men (RR = 5.21; 95% CI: 1.86-14.57); IPV was associated with sex in exchange for money/drugs (RR = 5.04; 95% CI: 1.18-21.50) and alcohol/drug use during sex with men (RR = 1.66; 95% CI: 1.14-2.41).

conclusionProviders and public health programs should address both psychosocial stressors and STI risk among AAWSW.

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Stress, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultBlack or African AmericanCriminal PsychologyDepressive DisorderFemaleHumansIntimate Partner ViolenceMiddle AgedSexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual HealthSexually Transmitted DiseasesYoung AdultAfrican Americandepressive symptomsincarcerationintimate partner violencesexually transmitted infectionswomen who have sex with women

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PMID29688816
PMCPMC6425919

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