| Title |
Hope, the Household Environment, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Women in Rural South Africa (HPTN 068)
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| Published in |
AIDS and Behavior, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10461-017-1945-9 |
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| Authors |
Lauren M. Hill, Laurie Abler, Suzanne Maman, Rhian Twine, Kathleen Kahn, Catherine MacPhail, Audrey Pettifor |
| Abstract |
We assessed the psychological trait of hope as an explanatory mediator in the relationship between the home environment and sexual risk behaviors among 2533 young women in rural South Africa. Hope mediated the relationship between average household age and sexual debut (mediated effect = - 0.003, p < 0.05), and between household consumption and sexual debut (mediated effect = - 0.019, p < 0.05). Both higher average household age (β = 0.01; 95% CI 0.00, 0.01) and greater household consumption (β = 0.05; 95% CI 0.02, 0.08) were marginally associated with higher hope. In turn, greater hope was associated with lower odds of sexual debut (aOR = 0.62; 95% CI 0.52, 0.74). These results provide important preliminary evidence of the role of the home environment in shaping protective psychological assets and healthy sexual behaviors. Continued exploration of the relationship between hope and the home environment may help to explain why young women in this context have a disproportionate risk for HIV. |
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| South Africa | 1 | 25% |
| Chile | 1 | 25% |
| India | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
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| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
| Researcher | 5 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 14% |
| Unknown | 21 | 37% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 14% |
| Psychology | 7 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 2% |
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