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Sherman, Susan G.; Gielen, Andrea Carlson; McDonnell, Karen A.

doi:10.1023/a:1007047424815

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“…Although the male condom is a longstanding tool in HIV prevention programs that has been found to be highly effective in reducing HIV infection when used correctly and consistently (Anderson, 2003;Marrazzo & Cates, 2011), research informs us that older women's inability to negotiate condom use is a major obstacle to practicing safer sex behaviors (Patel, Gillespie, & Foxman, 2003). While early HIV/AIDS research and interventions for women focused on negotiating condom use with a male partner, later and more current research and interventions address relational, structural, and environmental contexts of risk behaviors, encompassing dynamics of gender and ethnicity in sexual encounters (Amaro, 1995;Gómez & VanOss Marín, 1996;Gupta, 2001;Harvey, Bird, Galavotti, Duncan, & Greenberg, 2002;Pulerwitz & Dworkin, 2006;Sherman, Gielen, & McDonnell, 2000;Wingood & DiClemente, 1998;Wyatt, 2009). This body of literature challenges the assumption that with knowledge, women can simply or freely enact condom use, emphasizing that condom use is embedded in gender relations and women's relationships with male partners (Dworkin & Ehrhardt, 2007).…”

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Relationship Power, Sexual Decision Making, and HIV Risk Among Midlife and Older Women

Altschuler

Rhee

2015

Journal of Women & Aging

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The number of midlife and older women with HIV/AIDS is high and increasing, especially among women of color. This article addresses these demographic realities by reporting on findings about self-esteem, relationship power, and HIV risk from a pilot study of midlife and older women. A purposive sample (N = 110) of ethnically, economically, and educationally diverse women 40 years and older from the Greater Los Angeles Area was surveyed to determine their levels of self-esteem, general relationship power, sexual decision-making power, safer sex behaviors, and HIV knowledge. Women with higher levels of self-esteem exercised greater power in their relationships with their partner. Women with higher levels of general relationship power and self-esteem tend to exercise greater power in sexual decision making, such as having sex and choosing sexual acts. Income and sexual decision-making power were statistically significant in predicting the use of condoms. Implications and recommendations for future HIV/AIDS research and intervention targeting midlife and older women are presented.

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Relationship Power, Sexual Decision Making, and HIV Risk Among Midlife and Older Women

Altschuler

Rhee

2015

Journal of Women & Aging

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“…For each partner, we will ask the gender, age, race, sexual orientation, education, and outness. Participants will complete measures of relationship functioning, which include the Dyadic Adjustment scale [18,36] Commitment scale [37], and Power and Attitudes in Relationships scale [38]. We will assess stigma experienced at the dyadic level with a validated measure of relationship stigma [18].…”

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Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Intimate Partner Violence Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Populations: Protocol for a Linear Three-Phase Study (Project Empower)

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Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is approximately twice as prevalent among transgender and gender diverse individuals (those whose current gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth) than among cisgender individuals (those whose gender aligns with their sex assigned at birth). However, most existing scales measuring IPV are not validated among transgender and gender diverse populations and do not consider the unique forms of IPV experienced by transgender and gender diverse individuals. Objective This paper describes the protocol for Project Empower, a study that seeks to develop and validate a new scale to measure IPV as experienced by transgender and gender diverse adults. A new scale is necessary to improve the accuracy of IPV measurement among transgender and gender diverse populations and may inform the current tools used to screen and link to services for transgender and gender diverse adults who experience or perpetrate IPV. Methods The proposed new scale will be developed by a linear three-phase process. In Phase I, we will recruit a maximum of 110 transgender and gender diverse participants to participate in in-depth interviews and focus groups. Phase I will collect qualitative data on the experiences of IPV among transgender and gender individuals. After generating scale items from the qualitative data in Phase I, Phase II will conduct up to 10 cognitive interviews to examine understanding of scale items and refine wording. Phase III will then conduct a survey with an online recruited sample of 700 transgender and gender diverse individuals to validate the scale using factor analysis and examine the prevalence, antecedents, and linked health outcomes of IPV. This study will generate the first comprehensive IPV scale including trans-specific IPV tactics that has undergone robust mixed-methods validation for use in transgender and gender diverse populations, regardless of sex assigned at birth. Results Project Empower launched in August 2019, with Phases I and II expected to be complete by late 2020. Phase III (survey of 700 transgender individuals) is expected to be launched in January 2021. Conclusions A scale that more accurately captures the forms of IPV experienced by transgender and gender diverse people not only has the potential to lead to more accurate measurements of prevalence but also can identify unique forms of violence that may form the basis of IPV prevention interventions. Additionally, identifying the forms of IPV experienced by transgender and gender diverse people has the potential to lead to the refinement of clinical screening tools used to identify and refer those who experience and perpetrate violence in clinical settings. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/23819

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Revisiting “Success”: Posttrial Analysis of a Gender-Specific HIV/STD Prevention Intervention

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Alongside the recognized need to foster the development of innovative gender-specific HIV interventions, researchers face the urgent need to further understand how current interventions do or do not work. Few studies build posttrial qualitative analysis into standardized interview assessments in randomized controlled trials in order to bolster an assessment of how interventions work. The current investigation is a posttrial qualitative analysis carried out on a randomly selected subsample (N=180), representing 50% of women who participated in a 3-arm randomized controlled trial known as Project FIO (The Future Is Ours). FIO was a gender-specific HIV prevention intervention carried out with heterosexually active women in a high seroprevalence area of New York City. Posttrial qualitative results extend an understanding of the success of the trial (e.g., reductions in unsafe sex). Qualitative results reflect how the Modified AIDS Risk Reduction Model operated in the expected direction across experimental groups. Results also highlight women's empowerment narratives, reflecting the salience of bodily and sexual rights aspects of the intervention.

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Relationship Power, Sexual Decision Making, and HIV Risk Among Midlife and Older Women

Relationship Power, Sexual Decision Making, and HIV Risk Among Midlife and Older Women

Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Intimate Partner Violence Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Populations: Protocol for a Linear Three-Phase Study (Project Empower)

Revisiting “Success”: Posttrial Analysis of a Gender-Specific HIV/STD Prevention Intervention

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