Citation

Wyatt GE, Myers HF, Williams JK, Kitchen CR, Loeb T, Carmona JV, Wyatt LE, Chin D, Presley N. Am. J. Public Health 2002; 92(4): 660-665.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza-NPI (Room C8-871C), Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759, USA. gwyatt@mednet.ucla.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11919068

PMCID

PMC1447133

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We investigated history of abuse and other HIV-related risk factors in a community sample of 490 HIV-positive and HIV-negative African American, European American, and Latina women. METHODS: Baseline interviews were analyzed, and logistic regressions were used to identify predictors of risk for positive HIV serostatus overall and by racial/ethnic group. RESULTS: Race/ethnicity was not an independent predictor of HIV-related risk, and few racial/ethnic differences in risk factors for HIV were seen. Regardless of race/ethnicity, HIV-positive women had more sexual partners, more sexually transmitted diseases, and more severe histories of abuse than did HIV-negative women. Trauma history was a general risk factor for women, irrespective of race/ethnicity. CONCLUSIONS: Limited material resources, exposure to violence, and high-risk sexual behaviors were the best predictors of HIV risk.

Language: en