Relationship Factors and Condom Use Among Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence.

ABSTRACT: Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are at increased risk for HIV infection. To further the understanding of the dyadic factors that impact condom use among women, we investigated the impact of three relationship factors (i.e., power, fear, and dependence) on the association between HIV-related information, motivation, and behavioral skills [constructs from the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model] and condom use among abused women. Data from 133 urban, low-income women recruited from several community-based agencies (e.g., domestic violence agencies, women's health organizations, hospitals, Department of Health and Human Services, and Family Court) showed that these women experienced high levels of IPV and that relationship power, fear of abuse, and partne

SUBMITTER: McGrane Minton HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4787613 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature