Author : Caravella McCuistian
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (956 download)
Book Synopsis Condom Use Barriers Among African American Substance Users by : Caravella McCuistian
Download or read book Condom Use Barriers Among African American Substance Users written by Caravella McCuistian and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specific attitudes act as barriers to condom use, preventing their consistent use. Certain demographic variables, such as gender and age, may influence the types of attitudes endorsed. This study explored barriers to condom use among African American substance users, a group at high risk for HIV. The first aim was to explore if gender influences barriers. It was hypothesized that African American male substance users would endorse more sexual experience barriers and that female substance users would endorse more partner barriers. The second aim was to explore whether age moderates gender differences in barriers. It was hypothesized that African American men would endorse more sexual experience barriers than women among younger but not older substance users. It was also hypothesized that women would endorse more partner barriers than men among younger but not older substance abusers. This study was a secondary analysis of the baseline data from two Clinical Trial Network data sets assessing the efficacy of gender specific HIV prevention interventions (CTN 0018 and CTN 0019). Only African Americans are included in the current study ( n = 273). Results suggested that men endorsed significantly more sexual experience barriers (t(270) = 3.87,p = .000) and motivational barriers (t(270) = 3.87,p = .001) than women. Age did not moderate the relationship between gender and any barriers. However, additional findings suggest that age significantly influenced certain barriers. The regression analysis suggested that as age increased, access/availability became more of a barrier (b = .26, t (6) =4.07, p = .000), and more motivational barriers were reported (b = -.145, t (6) = -2.32, p = .000). These findings suggest prevention strategies should include techniques to make condoms feel better to men, make them more accessible to older adults, and address motivations for use for both men and older adults.