Brief Report: Sexual Violence Against HIV-Positive Women in the Nyanza Region of Kenya: Is Condom Negotiation an Instigator?
Date
2017Author
Onu, CC
Dworkin, SL
Ongeri, LG
Oyaro, P
Neylan, TC
Cohen, CR
Bukusi, EA
Rota, G
Meffert, SM.
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For people living with HIV, exposure to sexual violence (SV) is associated with decreased adherence to antiretroviral medication, a primary predictor of their survival. Identification of risk factors for SV is a pressing issue in sub-Saharan Africa, where the global majority of HIV-positive women live and the prevalence of SV against women is high. We used qualitative data to examine SV against HIV-positive women enrolled in HIV care in Kenya. Respondents identified husbands as perpetrators of SV in the context of women's efforts to use condoms as directed by HIV care providers.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27509254https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5140674/
http://hdl.handle.net/11295/100953
Citation
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Jan 1;74(1):52-55.Publisher
University of Nairobi
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