TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Intimate partner violence and PrEP acceptability among low-income, young black women: exploring the mediating role of reproductive coercion
JO  - AIDS and behavior
A1  - Willie, Tiara
A1  - Kershaw, Trace
A1  - Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
A1  - Alexander, Kamila A.
SP  - 2261
EP  - 2269
VL  - 21
IS  - 8
N2  - A few studies suggest that women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are willing to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), but no research has examined mediators of this relationship. The current study used path analysis to examine a phenomenon closely associated with IPV: reproductive coercion, or explicit male behaviors to promote pregnancy of a female partner without her knowledge or against her will. Birth control sabotage and pregnancy coercion-two subtypes of reproductive coercion behaviors-were examined as mediators of the relationship between IPV and PrEP acceptability among a cohort of 147 Black women 18-25 years of age recruited from community-based organizations in an urban city. IPV experiences were indirectly related to PrEP acceptability through birth control sabotage (indirect effect = 0.08; p < 0.05), but not to pregnancy coercion. <br><br>FINDINGS illustrate the importance of identifying and addressing reproductive coercion when assessing whether PrEP is clinically appropriate and a viable option to prevent HIV among women who experience IPV.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1090-7165
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1767-9
ID  - ref1
ER  -