TY - JOUR
T1 - Birth Control Sabotage as a Correlate of Women's Sexual Health Risk
T2 - An Exploratory Study
AU - Willie, Tiara C.
AU - Alexander, Kamila A.
AU - Caplon, Amy
AU - Kershaw, Trace S.
AU - Safon, Cara B.
AU - Galvao, Rachel W.
AU - Kaplan, Clair
AU - Caldwell, Abigail
AU - Calabrese, Sarah K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Conflicts of Interest and Sources of support: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Funding for this research was provided by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University , United States and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) via P30-MH062294. TCW was supported by the NIMH via F31-MH113508, R25-MH083620; and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) via K01MD015005. Support for S.K.C. was provided by the National Institutes of Mental Health via Award Number K01-MH103080.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - Introduction: To explore associations between birth control sabotage, a form of reproductive coercion, and women's sexual risk among women attending family planning health centers. Data were collected from a 2017 cross-sectional online survey of 675 women who attended Connecticut Planned Parenthood centers. Participants reported birth control sabotage; sexual risk (i.e., inconsistent condom use during vaginal and anal sex in the past 6 months, lifetime sexually transmitted infection diagnosis, lifetime exchange sex [trading sex for money, drugs, or other goods], and multiple sexual partners in the past 6 months); and sociodemographics. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine associations between birth control sabotage and women's sexual risk. Results: One in six women (16.4%; n = 111) reported experiencing birth control sabotage. Women who reported birth control sabotage had a greater odds of ever having an sexually transmitted infection (adjusted odds ratio, 2.18; 95% confidence interval, 1.31–3.60; p =.003), ever engaging in exchange sex (adjusted odds ratio, 2.77; 95% confidence interval, 1.17–6.53; p =.020), and having multiple sexual partners in the past 6 months (adjusted odds ratio, 1.96; 95% confidence interval, 1.21–3.18; p =.006). Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate increased engagement in sexual risk taking among women who reported birth control sabotage compared with women did not.
AB - Introduction: To explore associations between birth control sabotage, a form of reproductive coercion, and women's sexual risk among women attending family planning health centers. Data were collected from a 2017 cross-sectional online survey of 675 women who attended Connecticut Planned Parenthood centers. Participants reported birth control sabotage; sexual risk (i.e., inconsistent condom use during vaginal and anal sex in the past 6 months, lifetime sexually transmitted infection diagnosis, lifetime exchange sex [trading sex for money, drugs, or other goods], and multiple sexual partners in the past 6 months); and sociodemographics. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine associations between birth control sabotage and women's sexual risk. Results: One in six women (16.4%; n = 111) reported experiencing birth control sabotage. Women who reported birth control sabotage had a greater odds of ever having an sexually transmitted infection (adjusted odds ratio, 2.18; 95% confidence interval, 1.31–3.60; p =.003), ever engaging in exchange sex (adjusted odds ratio, 2.77; 95% confidence interval, 1.17–6.53; p =.020), and having multiple sexual partners in the past 6 months (adjusted odds ratio, 1.96; 95% confidence interval, 1.21–3.18; p =.006). Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate increased engagement in sexual risk taking among women who reported birth control sabotage compared with women did not.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.whi.2020.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.whi.2020.10.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 33218751
AN - SCOPUS:85096366983
SN - 1049-3867
VL - 31
SP - 157
EP - 163
JO - Women's Health Issues
JF - Women's Health Issues
IS - 2
ER -