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Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 5, 697-710 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306066625

Predictors of Unprotected Sex with Non-cohabitating Primary Partners among Sheltered and Low-income Housed Women in Los Angeles County

Joan S. Tucker

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA, joan_tucker{at}rand.org

Suzanne L. Wenzel

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA

Marc N. Elliott

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA

Katrin Hambarsoomian

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA

This study investigated associations of substance use, relationship abuse and HIV self-protective behavior with unprotected sex among 290 impoverished women with a non-cohabitating primary partner. Unprotected sex was associated with having a physically or psychologically abusive partner among low-income housed women, and having an abusive partner who also drank to intoxication among women living in shelters. Indicators of HIV self-protective behavior were associated with less frequent unprotected sex among sheltered women, even after accounting for abuse and substance use within the relationship. Results suggest the need for HIV-prevention interventions to address the problems of partner substance use and relationship abuse.

Key Words: drug and alcohol use • HIV • impoverished women • unprotected sex • violence


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