Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 92, Issue 8, Pages 1331-1337Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.8.1331
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- FIC NIH HHS [D43 TW000010, D43TW00010] Funding Source: Medline
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Objectives. Experiences of partner violence were compared between HIV-positive and HIV-negative women. Methods. Of 340 women enrolled, 245 (72%) were followed and interviewed 3 months after HIV testing to estimate the prevalence and identify the correlates of violence. Results. The odds of reporting at least 1 violent event was significantly higher among HIV-positive women than among HIV-negative women (physical violence odds ratio [OR] = 2.63; 95% confidence interval [Cl] = 1.23, 5.63; sexual violence OR = 2.39; 95% CI = 1.21, 4.73). Odds of reporting partner violence was 10 times higher among younger (< 30 years) HIV-positive women than among younger HIV-negative women (OR = 9.99; 95% Cl = 2.67, 37.37). Conclusions. Violence is a risk factor for HIV infection that must be addressed through multilevel prevention approaches.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available