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Gender relations and sexual communication among female students in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Informa Healthcare Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100883416 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1464-5351 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13691058 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cult Health Sex Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : Informa Healthcare
    • Subject Terms:
      Interpersonal Relations* ; Social Perception* ; Women's Health*; Sexual Behavior/*psychology ; Sexual Partners/*psychology ; Students/*statistics & numerical data; Adolescent ; Adult ; Communication ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Social Behavior ; Social Class ; Social Support ; Social Values ; Vietnam ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      Young women's ability to pursue a safer-sex life in line with their wishes is crucial to their sexual health. Although some previous observations have suggested that young women's lack of ability to negotiate safer sex is due to gender power imbalances in the culture of Vietnam, studies that have tested this hypothesis explicitly and quantitatively are few and far between. The present study aimed to test the association between perceived gender relations and perceived self-efficacy in communicating sexual matters among undergraduate female students in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam. The analysis involved secondary data from 260 subjects from a larger survey regarding gender equity. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the study's hypothesis. Results showed that adherence to traditional gender roles and norms was significantly associated with female students' reduced self-efficacy to communicate on safer-sex matters, such as refusing unwanted sex or requesting condom use. This association remained invariant in the cross-validation process between partnered and unpartnered groups. Programmes that aim to promote safer-sex negotiation and practices for this population may need to address the influence of gender relations and power.
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    • Grant Information:
      D43 TW007669 United States TW FIC NIH HHS; D43 TW007669-04 United States TW FIC NIH HHS; P30 AI036211 United States AI NIAID NIH HHS
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20090606 Date Completed: 20101012 Latest Revision: 20211020
    • Publication Date:
      20240104
    • Accession Number:
      PMC3099437
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/13691050902968769
    • Accession Number:
      19499393