| Title | Intimate Partner Violence and PrEP Acceptability Among Low-Income, Young Black Women: Exploring the Mediating Role of Reproductive Coercion. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Willie, Tiara, Trace Kershaw, Jacquelyn C. Campbell, and Kamila A. Alexander |
| Journal | AIDS and behavior |
| Date Published | 2017 Apr 13 |
| ISSN | 1573-3254 |
| Abstract | A few studies suggest that women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are willing to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), but no research has examined mediators of this relationship. The current study used path analysis to examine a phenomenon closely associated with IPV: reproductive coercion, or explicit male behaviors to promote pregnancy of a female partner without her knowledge or against her will. Birth control sabotage and pregnancy coercion-two subtypes of reproductive coercion behaviors-were examined as mediators of the relationship between IPV and PrEP acceptability among a cohort of 147 Black women 18-25 years of age recruited from community-based organizations in an urban city. IPV experiences were indirectly related to PrEP acceptability through birth control sabotage (indirect effect = 0.08; p < 0.05), but not to pregnancy coercion. Findings illustrate the importance of identifying and addressing reproductive coercion when assessing whether PrEP is clinically appropriate and a viable option to prevent HIV among women who experience IPV. |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10461-017-1767-9 |
| Alternate Journal | AIDS Behav |
