Sexual health communication among young Black women and their social network members

JB Craddock - Journal of the Society for Social Work and …, 2020 - journals.uchicago.edu
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 2020journals.uchicago.edu
Abstract Objective: Young Black women (YBW) are at high risk of HIV infection. Although
sexual health communication in social networks has been shown to help prevent HIV among
high-risk populations, sexual health communication between YBW and their social network
members (SNMs) has been insufficiently studied. Method: Egocentric social-network-level
and individual-level data were collected from 78 YBW ages 18–25 to examine their sexual
health communication. Multilevel multivariable logistic regression models assessed the …
Objective
Young Black women (YBW) are at high risk of HIV infection. Although sexual health communication in social networks has been shown to help prevent HIV among high-risk populations, sexual health communication between YBW and their social network members (SNMs) has been insufficiently studied.
Method
Egocentric social-network-level and individual-level data were collected from 78 YBW ages 18–25 to examine their sexual health communication. Multilevel multivariable logistic regression models assessed the association among individual sexual risk behaviors, SNM characteristics, and sexual health communication.
Results
Participants nominated an average of 14 SNMs (N = 1,068). Friends were most frequently nominated (55%). YBW communicated to 55% of their SNMs about sex, to 32% regarding condom use, and to 21% regarding HIV testing. If SNMs provided emotional support, YBW were 4 times more likely to talk with them about sex and HIV testing and 2 times more likely to talk about condom use.
Conclusions
These results indicate that before developing or adopting HIV interventions geared toward YBW, we need to assess how and with whom YBW are communicating about sexual health to better inform those interventions.
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