Psychosocial correlates of condom use consistency among Isixhosa-speaking women living with HIV in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Onoya, D.; Reddy, P.S.; Ruiter, R.A.C.; Sifunda, S.; Wingood, G.; van den Borne, B.

Journal of Health Psychology 16(8): 1208-1220

2011


ISSN/ISBN: 1461-7277
PMID: 21705413
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311402862
Document Number: 223104
Many HIV-positive South African women continue to have unprotected sex. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess correlates of condom use consistency among Xhosa-speaking HIV-positive women in South Africa. One hundred and twenty women were recruited from five primary care clinics and completed a questionnaire. Regression analyses indicated that assertive negotiation and self efficacy for condom use were proximal correlates of condom use consistency. Mediation analyses showed that self-efficacy for assertive negotiation is a distal correlate of condom use consistency.We propose a framework of correlates of condom use consistency to inform future intervention development.

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