Journal article
How black heterosexual men's narratives about sexual partner type and condom use disrupt the main and casual partner dichotomy: 'we still get down, but we not together'
Culture, health & sexuality, v 23(1), pp 1-18
10 Feb 2020
PMID: 32037967
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Abstract
Sexual partner types and partnership dynamics have important implications for condom use. Yet most HIV prevention research conceptualises condom use as individual-level rather than dyadic-level behaviour. Evidence of a generalised HIV epidemic in urban predominantly low-income US Black heterosexual communities highlights the need for a culturally and contextually-grounded understanding of partner types, partnership dynamics and condom use from the perspective of Black heterosexual men. We conducted individual interviews with 30 self-identified men between the ages of 18 and 44, 18 (60%) of whom reported at least two partner types in the last 6 months. Key findings include: (1) 'main and casual' partner types per the HIV prevention literature; (2) three casual-partner subtypes: primary, recurrent, and one-time casuals; (3) overlapping partnership dynamics between main partners, primary-casual partners and recurrent-casual partners, but not one-time casual partners; and (4) consistent condom use reported for one-time casual partners only. The study underscores the critical need for more condom promotion messages and interventions that reflect the dyadic and culturally-grounded realities of US Black heterosexual men's sexual partner types and partnership dynamics.
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- Title
- How black heterosexual men's narratives about sexual partner type and condom use disrupt the main and casual partner dichotomy: 'we still get down, but we not together'
- Creators
- Lisa Bowleg - Drexel Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Community Hlth & Prevent, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAJenne S. Massie - Drexel Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Community Hlth & Prevent, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USASidney L. Holt - George Washington Univ, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Washington, DC 20052 USAAndrea Heckert - George Washington Univ, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Washington, DC 20052 USAMichelle Teti - Univ Missouri, Dept Hlth Sci, Columbia, MO USAJeanne M. Tschann - Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Psychiat, San Francisco, CA USA
- Publication Details
- Culture, health & sexuality, v 23(1), pp 1-18
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 18
- Grant note
- 5R01HD054319-03 / US National Institutes of Health/National Institutes of Child Health and Development
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000513417000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85079434190
- Other Identifier
- 991021860659304721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies
- Social Sciences, Biomedical