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The relationships among sexually transmitted infection, depression, and lifetime violence in a sample of predominantly African American women
| Title | The relationships among sexually transmitted infection, depression, and lifetime violence in a sample of predominantly African American women |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | Laughon, K, Gielen, AC, Campbell, JC, Burke, J, McDonnell, K, O'Campo, P |
| Journal | Research in nursing & health |
| Volume | 30 |
| Pagination | 413-428 |
| Date Published | Aug |
| ISBN Number | 0160-6891; 0160-6891 |
| Accession Number | 17654476 |
| Keywords | Adult, African Americans/ethnology, Attitude to Health/ethnology, Chi-Square Distribution, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression/complications/ethnology, Female, Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health Services Needs and Demand, HIV Infections/complications/ethnology, Humans, Logistic Models, Mass Screening, Nursing Assessment, Odds Ratio, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Safe Sex, Self Care/methods/psychology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases/complications/ethnology, United States/epidemiology, Violence/ethnology |
| Abstract | This study was a secondary analysis of the relationships among lifetime experiences of violence, depressive symptoms, substance use, safer sex behaviors use, and past-year sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment among a sample of 445 low income, primarily African American women (257 HIV-, 188 HIV+) reporting a male intimate partner within the past year. Twenty-one percent of HIV- and 33% of HIV+ women reported past-year STI treatment. Violence victimization increased women's odds of past-year STI treatment, controlling for HIV status and age. Depressive symptoms increased, and use of safer sex behaviors decreased, women's odds of past-year STI treatment. Results suggest that positive assessment for violence and/or depression indicates need for STI screening. |