Citation

Raiford JL, DiClemente RJ, Wingood GM. Am. J. Public Health 2009; 99(6): 1067-1071.

Affiliation

Emory University/Rollins School of Public Health.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2007.131482

PMID

19372531

PMCID

PMC2679788

Abstract

Objectives. We examined the interactive effects of fear of abuse and knowledge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) on sexual risk behaviors in a sample of African American young adult women. Methods. We recruited 715 African American young adult women aged 15 to 21 years from a variety of health clinics and assessed them for fear of abuse because of negotiating condom use, knowledge of STIs, and several sexual risk behaviors. Results. Overall, 75% of African American young adult women reported inconsistent condom use in the past 60 days. Surprisingly, under relatively higher levels of fear, young adult women with high STI knowledge were more likely than were those with low STI knowledge to exhibit inconsistent condom use in the past 60 days (89% vs 80%; chi(2)=4.32; P

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