Rojas-Guyler Liliana, Ellis Nancy, Sanders Stephanie
Health Promotion and Education Program, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2005 Dec;32(6):767-79. doi: 10.1177/1090198105277330.
The relationships among acculturation, health protective sexual communication, and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors of Hispanic women are examined. Respondents represented 14 Latin American countries, a mean age of 29.5 years, and relatively low education and income levels. A significant correlation was found between higher non-Hispanic acculturation level and higher sexual communication with new partners. Higher non-Hispanic acculturation levels were also correlated with higher number of sexual partners in the prior 12 months. The higher the score for health protective sexual communication, the higher the reported frequency of condom use with new sexual partners in the past 12 months. Given the low number of sexual partners, HIV/AIDS risk for this group of women appears to be related to not knowing whether their partners had other sexual partners and to low frequency of condom use. Implications for health education are discussed.
研究了西班牙裔女性的文化适应、健康保护性性沟通与艾滋病毒/艾滋病风险行为之间的关系。受访者来自14个拉丁美洲国家，平均年龄为29.5岁，教育程度和收入水平相对较低。研究发现，非西班牙裔文化适应程度较高与与新伴侣进行性沟通较多之间存在显著相关性。较高的非西班牙裔文化适应水平还与过去12个月内性伴侣数量较多相关。健康保护性性沟通得分越高，过去12个月内与新性伴侣使用避孕套的报告频率就越高。鉴于性伴侣数量较少，这组女性感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的风险似乎与不知道伴侣是否有其他性伴侣以及避孕套使用频率较低有关。文中讨论了对健康教育的启示。
