AIDS Behav. 2010 Oct;14(5):1023-31. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9698-8.
This paper reports baseline behavioral and biological data collected from a cohort of 535 African American HIV serodiscordant couples enrolled in the Eban study across four urban metro areas. Data were collected on (1) the prevalence of risky sexual behaviors that occur within a couple and with concurrent sexual partners, (2) the STD prevalence for each member of the couple and (3) the correlates of STDs in the male partner as well as in the female partner. Presentation of the sociodemographic characterization and HIV risk behavior profiles of African American HIV serodiscordant couples represents an important initial description of a hidden, vulnerable population. Future research should be conducted with diverse samples of African American couples (i.e., younger couples, non-stable couples) to explore other potential correlates of STD prevalence.
本文报告了从 Eban 研究中招募的 535 对感染艾滋病毒的非裔美国家庭中收集的基线行为和生物学数据,这些家庭分布在四个城市地铁区域。数据收集了(1)在夫妻之间和与同时性伴侣发生的危险性行为的流行率,(2)夫妻双方的 STD 流行率,以及(3)男性和女性伴侣中 STD 的相关因素。对非裔美国家庭中艾滋病毒血清不一致的夫妇的社会人口统计学特征和艾滋病毒风险行为概况的介绍代表了对一个隐藏的、脆弱的人群的重要初步描述。未来的研究应该在不同的非裔美国家庭样本(即年轻的夫妇、不稳定的夫妇)中进行,以探索 STD 流行率的其他潜在相关因素。