TitleIndividual, Interpersonal, and Structural Power: Associations With Condom Use in a Sample of Young Adult Latinos.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsStokes, LR, Harvey, SM, Warren, JT
JournalHealth care for women international
Volume37
Issue2
Pagination216-36
Date Published2016 Feb
Abstract

Interviews were conducted with 480 sexually active Latino young adults from four rural counties in Oregon. We examined relationships between three levels of power (individual, interpersonal, and structural) and consistent condom use. Condom use self-efficacy and sexual decision-making, examples of individual and interpersonal measures of power, respectively, were associated with increased odds of consistent condom use among both men and women. Among men only, increasing relationship control, an interpersonal measure of power, was associated with lower odds of consistent condom use. Among women only, increasing medical mistrust, a structural measure of power, was associated with increased odds of consistent condom use.

DOI10.1080/07399332.2015.1038345