Social Capital and Risk of Concurrent Sexual Partners Among African Americans in Jackson, Mississippi

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Yusuf,Cunningham,Karlene,Paredes,Miguel,Mena,Leand C.,Nunn,Amy Ransome (Creator)

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East Carolina University (ECU )

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Abstract: Concurrent sexual partnerships (i.e., relationships that overlap in time) contribute to higher HIV acquisition risk. Socialcapital, defned as resources and connections available to individuals is hypothesized to reduce sexual HIV risk behavior,including sexual concurrency. Additionally, we do not know whether any association between social capital and sexual concurrency is moderated by gender. Multivariable logistic regression tested the association between social capital and sexualconcurrency and efect modifcation by gender. Among 1445 African Americans presenting for care at an urban STI clinicin Jackson, Mississippi, mean social capital was 2.85 (range 1--5), mean age was 25 (SD=6), and 62% were women. Sexualconcurrency in the current year was lower for women compared to men (45% vs. 55%, χ2(df=1)=11.07, p=.001). Highersocial capital was associated with lower adjusted odds of sexual concurrency for women compared to men (adjusted OddsRatio [aOR]=0.62 (95% CI 0.39--0.97), p=0.034), controlling for sociodemographic and psychosocial covariates. Interventions that add social capital components may be important for lowering sexual risk among African Americans in Mississippi.

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Other

Language: English

Date: 2019

Keywords

HIV; African american; Social capital; South; Mississippi

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