Jennifer L Syvertsen1, Angela Robertson Bazzi1, Gustavo Martinez1, M Gudelia Rangel1, Monica D Ulibarri1, Kirkpatrick B Fergus1, Hortensia Amaro1, Steffanie A Strathdee1. 1. Jennifer L. Syvertsen is with the Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Angela Robertson Bazzi is with Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Gustavo Martinez is with Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones Privadas, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México. M. Gudelia Rangel is with Secretaría de Salud-Comisión de Salud Fronteriza México-Estados Unidos, Tijuana, Baja California, México. Monica D. Ulibarri is with Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, and Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla. Kirkpatrick B. Fergus is with The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston. Hortensia Amaro is with School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Steffanie A. Strathdee is with Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We examined correlates of love and trust among female sex workers and their noncommercial male partners along the Mexico-US border. METHODS: From 2011 to 2012, 322 partners in Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, completed assessments of love and trust. Cross-sectional dyadic regression analyses identified associations of relationship characteristics and HIV risk behaviors with love and trust. RESULTS: Within 161 couples, love and trust scores were moderately high (median 70/95 and 29/40 points, respectively) and correlated with relationship satisfaction. In regression analyses of HIV risk factors, men and women who used methamphetamine reported lower love scores, whereas women who used heroin reported slightly higher love. In an alternate model, men with concurrent sexual partners had lower love scores. For both partners, relationship conflict was associated with lower trust. CONCLUSIONS: Love and trust are associated with relationship quality, sexual risk, and drug use patterns that shape intimate partners' HIV risk. HIV interventions should consider the emotional quality of sex workers' intimate relationships.
OBJECTIVES: We examined correlates of love and trust among female sex workers and their noncommercial male partners along the Mexico-US border. METHODS: From 2011 to 2012, 322 partners in Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, completed assessments of love and trust. Cross-sectional dyadic regression analyses identified associations of relationship characteristics and HIV risk behaviors with love and trust. RESULTS: Within 161 couples, love and trust scores were moderately high (median 70/95 and 29/40 points, respectively) and correlated with relationship satisfaction. In regression analyses of HIV risk factors, men and women who used methamphetamine reported lower love scores, whereas women who used heroin reported slightly higher love. In an alternate model, men with concurrent sexual partners had lower love scores. For both partners, relationship conflict was associated with lower trust. CONCLUSIONS: Love and trust are associated with relationship quality, sexual risk, and drug use patterns that shape intimate partners' HIV risk. HIV interventions should consider the emotional quality of sex workers' intimate relationships.
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