A Multidimensional Model of Sexual Empowerment Among Young Black Men Who have Sex with Men: A Latent Profile Analysis.
AIDS Behav
; 25(3): 679-688, 2021 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Sexual empowerment is a key strategy in HIV prevention intervention design, yet its measurement has been conceptualized as homogeneous. To date, no studies have examined whether young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) exhibit heterogeneity across sexual empowerment. Using baseline data from a randomized controlled trial (N = 275, HIV-negative YBMSM), we classified YBMSM into sexual empowerment profiles based on five indicators using a latent profile analysis and assessed the associations between the sexual empowerment profiles and stigma-related experiences using multinomial logistic regression. Three profiles were identified psychologically empowered with safer sex intentions (profile 1); psychologically disempowered with safer sex intentions (profile 2); and psychologically disempowered without safer sex intentions (profile 3). YBMSM reporting fewer stigma-related experiences were more likely to be profile 1 than profile 2 and profile 3. To empower YBMSM, interventions based on sexual empowerment profile targeting the psychological/behavioral aspects of empowerment and addressing stigma are needed.
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01-internacional
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Assunto principal:
Negro ou Afro-Americano
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Infecções por HIV
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Preservativos
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Homossexualidade Masculina
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Discriminação Psicológica
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Estigma Social
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Empoderamento
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article