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

J Health Psychol. 2011 Nov;16(8):1208-20. doi: 10.1177/1359105311402862. Epub 2011 Jun 24.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Condoms / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • HIV Seropositivity*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Safe Sex / ethnology*
  • Safe Sex / psychology*
  • South Africa / ethnology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Young Adult