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Association of social network characteristics with HIV knowledge, stigma, and testing: findings from a study of racial and ethnic minority women in a small Western city.
- Source :
- AIDS Care; Jan 2022, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p39-46, 8p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2022
-
Abstract
- Black and Latina women are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS. Despite existing research linking social networks and HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) and other high-risk populations, little research has examined how ethnic/racial minority women's social networks shape HIV prevention and intervention targets. Using interviews with a sample of 165 predominantly Black and Latina-identifying women from a small city in the Western U.S., this research examines the relationship between egocentric network characteristics and HIV knowledge, attitudes, and testing history. Results reveal that network characteristics play a significant role in shaping HIV-related knowledge, prejudice, and testing intention but not HIV testing history. Individual-level factors like homelessness and perceptions of testing barriers are more salient for explaining testing behaviors than network characteristics. Intervention efforts to improve knowledge and reduce prejudice among Black and Latina women may benefit from mobilizing network ties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MINORITIES
CONFIDENCE intervals
SOCIAL networks
BLACK people
HISPANIC Americans
SELF-perception
MULTIVARIATE analysis
SOCIAL stigma
RACE
INTERVIEWING
PREJUDICES
AIDS serodiagnosis
HEALTH literacy
PATIENTS' attitudes
ATTITUDES toward AIDS (Disease)
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
INTENTION
ETHNIC groups
HOMELESSNESS
ODDS ratio
WOMEN'S health
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09540121
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154689622
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2021.1913717