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dc.contributor.authorPyra, Maria
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Tracey E
dc.contributor.authorCohen, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorMurchison, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorGoparaju, Lakshmi
dc.contributor.authorCohen, Mardge H
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-13T16:24:44Z
dc.date.available2023-10-13T16:24:44Z
dc.date.issued2014-04-04
dc.identifier.citationPyra M, Weber K, Wilson TE, Cohen J, Murchison L, Goparaju L, Cohen MH. Sexual minority status and violence among HIV infected and at-risk women. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Aug;29(8):1131-8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2832-y. Epub 2014 Apr 4. PMID: 24700180; PMCID: PMC4099466.en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1525-1497
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11606-014-2832-y
dc.identifier.pmid24700180
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/13040
dc.description.abstractImportance: Sexual minority women with and at-risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may face increased risks of violence.
dc.description.abstractObjective: To understand the relationship between sexual minority status and violence; and how high-risk sex and substance use mediate that relationship among women with and at-risk for HIV.
dc.description.abstractDesign & Participants: Longitudinal study of 1,235 HIV infected and 508 uninfected women of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) cohort, from New York City, NY, Chicago, IL, Washington D.C., and San Francisco, CA, 1994-2012.
dc.description.abstractMain Measures: Primary exposures are sexual identity (heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian/gay) and sexual behavior (male, female, or male & female partners). Primary outcomes are sexual abuse, intimate partner violence (IPV) and physical violence; high-risk sex and substance use were examined as mediators.
dc.description.abstractKey Results: Bisexual women were at increased odds for sexual abuse [aOR 1.56 (1.00, 2.44)], IPV [aOR 1.50 (1.08, 2.09)], and physical violence [aOR 1.77 (1.33, 2.37)] compared to heterosexual women. In a separate analysis, women who reported sex with men and women (WSMW) had increased odds for sexual abuse [aOR 1.65 (0.99, 2.77], IPV [aOR 1.50 (1.09, 2.06)] and physical violence [aOR 2.24 (1.69, 2.98)] compared to women having sex only with men (WSM). Using indirect effects, multiple sex partners, cocaine and marijuana were significant mediators for most forms of abuse. Transactional sex was only a mediator for bisexual women. Women who reported sex only with women (WSW) had lower odds of sexual abuse [aOR 0.23 (0.06, 0.89)] and physical violence [aOR 0.42 (0.21, 0.85)] compared to WSM.
dc.description.abstractConclusions: Women who identify as bisexual or report both male and female sex partners are most vulnerable to violence; multiple recent sex partners, transactional sex and some types of substance use mediate this relationship. Acknowledging sexual identity and behavior, while addressing substance use and high-risk sex in clinical and psychosocial settings, may help reduce violence exposure among women with and at-risk for HIV.
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dc.relation.urlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-014-2832-yen_US
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dc.titleSexual minority status and violence among HIV infected and at-risk women.en_US
dc.typeArticle/Reviewen_US
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of general internal medicineen_US
dc.source.volume29
dc.source.issue8
dc.source.beginpage1131
dc.source.endpage8
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.source.countryUnited States
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dc.source.countryUnited States
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refterms.dateFOA2023-10-13T16:24:45Z
html.description.abstractImportance: Sexual minority women with and at-risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may face increased risks of violence.
html.description.abstractObjective: To understand the relationship between sexual minority status and violence; and how high-risk sex and substance use mediate that relationship among women with and at-risk for HIV.
html.description.abstractDesign & Participants: Longitudinal study of 1,235 HIV infected and 508 uninfected women of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) cohort, from New York City, NY, Chicago, IL, Washington D.C., and San Francisco, CA, 1994-2012.
html.description.abstractMain Measures: Primary exposures are sexual identity (heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian/gay) and sexual behavior (male, female, or male & female partners). Primary outcomes are sexual abuse, intimate partner violence (IPV) and physical violence; high-risk sex and substance use were examined as mediators.
html.description.abstractKey Results: Bisexual women were at increased odds for sexual abuse [aOR 1.56 (1.00, 2.44)], IPV [aOR 1.50 (1.08, 2.09)], and physical violence [aOR 1.77 (1.33, 2.37)] compared to heterosexual women. In a separate analysis, women who reported sex with men and women (WSMW) had increased odds for sexual abuse [aOR 1.65 (0.99, 2.77], IPV [aOR 1.50 (1.09, 2.06)] and physical violence [aOR 2.24 (1.69, 2.98)] compared to women having sex only with men (WSM). Using indirect effects, multiple sex partners, cocaine and marijuana were significant mediators for most forms of abuse. Transactional sex was only a mediator for bisexual women. Women who reported sex only with women (WSW) had lower odds of sexual abuse [aOR 0.23 (0.06, 0.89)] and physical violence [aOR 0.42 (0.21, 0.85)] compared to WSM.
html.description.abstractConclusions: Women who identify as bisexual or report both male and female sex partners are most vulnerable to violence; multiple recent sex partners, transactional sex and some types of substance use mediate this relationship. Acknowledging sexual identity and behavior, while addressing substance use and high-risk sex in clinical and psychosocial settings, may help reduce violence exposure among women with and at-risk for HIV.
dc.description.institutionSUNY Downstateen_US
dc.description.departmentCommunity Health Sciencesen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.journalJournal of general internal medicine


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