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Health Psychology, 1993
In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syn... more In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were examined using data obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 155 current and former drug-using women in methadone maintenance. Results suggest that drug-involved women are realistic in their self-perceptions of AIDS risk with respect to intravenous (IV) drug-using behavior but underestimate their risk from sexual activity. Perceived risk was associated with current IV drug use, duration of sexual relationship, and partner's nonsupportiveness. Partner's serostatus or history of IV drug use was unrelated to risk perception, as were multiple partners, anal sex, prostitution, and the nonuse of condoms. Implications of these findings for designing interventions for drug-involved women are considered.
Sociological Forum, 2002
For more than two decades, legal abortion has been the subject of heated political debate and adv... more For more than two decades, legal abortion has been the subject of heated political debate and adversarial social movement activity; however, national polls have shown little change in aggregate levels of support for abortion. This analysis examines how the determinants of abortion attitudes have changed between 1977 and 1996, using data from the General Social Surveys. While in early time periods, whites were more approving of abortion than blacks, that pattern had reversed by the late 1980s. After controlling for other factors, older people are more accepting of abortion throughout the two decades, while gender is generally unrelated to abortion views. Catholic religion weakens slightly as a predictor of abortion attitudes, while religious fundamentalism and political liberalism increase in explanatory power. The associations between attitudinal correlates and abortion approval also change over this time period. Religiosity becomes a less powerful predictor of abortion attitudes, while respondents' attitude toward sexual freedom and belief in the sanctity of human life increase in their predictive power. Support for gender inequality remains a weak but stable predictor of abortion attitudes. This pattern of results suggests that the public is influenced more by the pro-life framework of viewing abortion than by the pro-choice perspective.
Sociology of Health & Illness, 1992
New reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilisation, have been the subject of heated de... more New reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilisation, have been the subject of heated debate among academics, medical ethicists and policy makers. This paper examines the literature of physicians, infertile consumers of the technology and feminist critics, and argues that differences in the meaning of procreation are at the root of the debate. Physicians see it as a sphere of professional intervention; consumers focus on genetic transmission; and feminist critics see procreation as a locus for struggle over women's autonomy. Given these different meanings of procreation, empirical data and logical arguments will not resolve the confiict over reproductive technology.
Health Psychology, 1993
In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syn... more In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were examined using data obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 155 current and former drug-using women in methadone maintenance. Results suggest that drug-involved women are realistic in their self-perceptions of AIDS risk with respect to intravenous (IV) drug-using behavior but underestimate their risk from sexual activity. Perceived risk was associated with current IV drug use, duration of sexual relationship, and partner's nonsupportiveness. Partner's serostatus or history of IV drug use was unrelated to risk perception, as were multiple partners, anal sex, prostitution, and the nonuse of condoms. Implications of these findings for designing interventions for drug-involved women are considered.
Health Psychology, 1993
In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syn... more In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were examined using data obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 155 current and former drug-using women in methadone maintenance. Results suggest that drug-involved women are realistic in their self-perceptions of AIDS risk with respect to intravenous (IV) drug-using behavior but underestimate their risk from sexual activity. Perceived risk was associated with current IV drug use, duration of sexual relationship, and partner's nonsupportiveness. Partner's serostatus or history of IV drug use was unrelated to risk perception, as were multiple partners, anal sex, prostitution, and the nonuse of condoms. Implications of these findings for designing interventions for drug-involved women are considered.
Social Science & Medicine, 1995
This study examines factors associated with pregnancy and pregnancy resolution among 238 HIV-infe... more This study examines factors associated with pregnancy and pregnancy resolution among 238 HIV-infected women, 55 of whom experienced a recent pregnancy since learning of their HIV positive serostatus. Results suggest the importance of psychosocial and cultural factors, particularly those involving the primary sex partner, to reproductive decision-making in HIV-infected women. They also indicate a consistency of reproductive behavior before and after HIV infection, suggesting that the infection itself does not significantly alter existing childbearing trends. Biomedical considerations relating to the mother's health status and the risk of transmission to the child have a greater impact on decisions surrounding pregnancy resolution than they do on the probability of becoming pregnant.
Health Psychology, 1993
In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syn... more In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were examined using data obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 155 current and former drug-using women in methadone maintenance. Results suggest that drug-involved women are realistic in their self-perceptions of AIDS risk with respect to intravenous (IV) drug-using behavior but underestimate their risk from sexual activity. Perceived risk was associated with current IV drug use, duration of sexual relationship, and partner's nonsupportiveness. Partner's serostatus or history of IV drug use was unrelated to risk perception, as were multiple partners, anal sex, prostitution, and the nonuse of condoms. Implications of these findings for designing interventions for drug-involved women are considered.
Sociological Forum, 2002
For more than two decades, legal abortion has been the subject of heated political debate and adv... more For more than two decades, legal abortion has been the subject of heated political debate and adversarial social movement activity; however, national polls have shown little change in aggregate levels of support for abortion. This analysis examines how the determinants of abortion attitudes have changed between 1977 and 1996, using data from the General Social Surveys. While in early time periods, whites were more approving of abortion than blacks, that pattern had reversed by the late 1980s. After controlling for other factors, older people are more accepting of abortion throughout the two decades, while gender is generally unrelated to abortion views. Catholic religion weakens slightly as a predictor of abortion attitudes, while religious fundamentalism and political liberalism increase in explanatory power. The associations between attitudinal correlates and abortion approval also change over this time period. Religiosity becomes a less powerful predictor of abortion attitudes, while respondents' attitude toward sexual freedom and belief in the sanctity of human life increase in their predictive power. Support for gender inequality remains a weak but stable predictor of abortion attitudes. This pattern of results suggests that the public is influenced more by the pro-life framework of viewing abortion than by the pro-choice perspective.
Sociology of Health & Illness, 1992
New reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilisation, have been the subject of heated de... more New reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilisation, have been the subject of heated debate among academics, medical ethicists and policy makers. This paper examines the literature of physicians, infertile consumers of the technology and feminist critics, and argues that differences in the meaning of procreation are at the root of the debate. Physicians see it as a sphere of professional intervention; consumers focus on genetic transmission; and feminist critics see procreation as a locus for struggle over women's autonomy. Given these different meanings of procreation, empirical data and logical arguments will not resolve the confiict over reproductive technology.
Health Psychology, 1993
In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syn... more In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were examined using data obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 155 current and former drug-using women in methadone maintenance. Results suggest that drug-involved women are realistic in their self-perceptions of AIDS risk with respect to intravenous (IV) drug-using behavior but underestimate their risk from sexual activity. Perceived risk was associated with current IV drug use, duration of sexual relationship, and partner's nonsupportiveness. Partner's serostatus or history of IV drug use was unrelated to risk perception, as were multiple partners, anal sex, prostitution, and the nonuse of condoms. Implications of these findings for designing interventions for drug-involved women are considered.
Health Psychology, 1993
In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syn... more In this article factors associated with the self-perceived risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were examined using data obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 155 current and former drug-using women in methadone maintenance. Results suggest that drug-involved women are realistic in their self-perceptions of AIDS risk with respect to intravenous (IV) drug-using behavior but underestimate their risk from sexual activity. Perceived risk was associated with current IV drug use, duration of sexual relationship, and partner's nonsupportiveness. Partner's serostatus or history of IV drug use was unrelated to risk perception, as were multiple partners, anal sex, prostitution, and the nonuse of condoms. Implications of these findings for designing interventions for drug-involved women are considered.
Social Science & Medicine, 1995
This study examines factors associated with pregnancy and pregnancy resolution among 238 HIV-infe... more This study examines factors associated with pregnancy and pregnancy resolution among 238 HIV-infected women, 55 of whom experienced a recent pregnancy since learning of their HIV positive serostatus. Results suggest the importance of psychosocial and cultural factors, particularly those involving the primary sex partner, to reproductive decision-making in HIV-infected women. They also indicate a consistency of reproductive behavior before and after HIV infection, suggesting that the infection itself does not significantly alter existing childbearing trends. Biomedical considerations relating to the mother's health status and the risk of transmission to the child have a greater impact on decisions surrounding pregnancy resolution than they do on the probability of becoming pregnant.