Assessing the Theory of Gender and Power: HIV Risk Among Heterosexual Minority Dyads

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• Alternative Title:
  AIDS Behav
• Personal Author:
  Rinehart, Deborah J. ; Al-Tayyib, Alia A. ; Sionean, Catlainn ; Whitesell, Nancy Rumbaugh ; Dreisbach, Susan ; Bull, Sheana
• Description:
  This study drew on the Theory of Gender and Power (TGP) as a framework to assess power inequalities within heterosexual dyads and their effects on women. Structural equation modeling was used to better understand the relationship between structural and interpersonal power and HIV sexual risk within African American and Latina women's heterosexual dyads. The main outcome variable was women's sexual HIV risk in the dyad and was created using women's reports of condomless sex with their main male partners and partners' reports of their HIV risk behaviors. Theoretical associations developed a priori yielded a well-fitting model that explained almost a quarter of the variance in women's sexual HIV risk in main partner dyads. Women's and partner structural power were indirectly associated with women's sexual HIV risk through substance use and interpersonal power. Interpersonal power was directly associated with risk. In addition, this study found that not identifying as heterosexual was directly and indirectly associated with women's heterosexual sex risk. This study provides further support for the utility of the TGP and the relevance of gender-related power dynamics for HIV prevention among heterosexually-active women.
• Subjects:
  Adult Black Or African American Female Gender Identity Heterosexuality Hispanic Or Latino HIV Infections Humans Interpersonal Relations Latent Class Analysis Male Minority Groups Power, Psychological Sexual Behavior Sexual Partners Socioeconomic Factors

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• Source:
  AIDS Behav. 22(6):1944-1954
• Pubmed ID:
  29164353
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9063032
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U62 PS000954/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U62-PS000954-02/National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention/
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cf085a6d03a8b39e7fa440ad8145223bb116519e122a813fd5fbe08b316f97e4
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/116946/cdc_116946_DS1.pdf
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