Brooke E E Montgomery1, Paula M Frew2,3,4, James P Hughes5, Jing Wang6, Adaora A Adimora7, Danielle F Haley8, Irene Kuo9, Larissa Jennings10, Nabila El-Bassel11, Sally L Hodder12. 1. 1 Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock, Arkansas. 2. 2 Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta, Georgia . 3. 3 Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia . 4. 4 Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia . 5. 5 Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington. 6. 6 Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Seattle, Washington. 7. 7 UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 8. 8 Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases , School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 9. 9 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University , Washington, District of Columbia. 10. 10 Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore, Maryland. 11. 11 Columbia University School of Social Work , New York, New York. 12. 12 West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute , Morgantown, West Virginia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Using data from HIV Prevention Trials Network 064, a multisite, observational cohort study conducted to estimate HIV incidence rates among women living in areas of high poverty and HIV prevalence in the United States, we examined the use of HIV risk characteristics to predict emotional abuse, physical violence, and forced sex. METHODS: Participants included 2099 women, 18-44 years of age, who reported unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a male partner and an additional personal or perceived male partner HIV risk characteristic in the past 6 months. Adjusting for time-varying covariates, generalized estimating equations were used to assess the ability of HIV risk characteristics to predict violence 6 months later. RESULTS: Reported analyses were limited to the 1980 study participants who reported having a male sex partner at that assessment. Exchanging sex, perceived partner concurrency, and perceived partner incarceration were significantly predictive of emotional abuse 6 months later (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 1.60; 1.59; 1.34, respectively). Prior sexually transmitted infection diagnosis, exchanging sex, and binge drinking were significantly predictive of physical violence 6 months later (AOR: 1.62; 1.71; 1.47, respectively). None of the variables measured was significantly predictive of forced sex. CONCLUSIONS: Strategies that address reducing violence against women should be studied further in the context of HIV prevention programs.
BACKGROUND: Using data from HIV Prevention Trials Network 064, a multisite, observational cohort study conducted to estimate HIV incidence rates among women living in areas of high poverty and HIV prevalence in the United States, we examined the use of HIV risk characteristics to predict emotional abuse, physical violence, and forced sex. METHODS:Participants included 2099 women, 18-44 years of age, who reported unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a male partner and an additional personal or perceived male partner HIV risk characteristic in the past 6 months. Adjusting for time-varying covariates, generalized estimating equations were used to assess the ability of HIV risk characteristics to predict violence 6 months later. RESULTS: Reported analyses were limited to the 1980 study participants who reported having a male sex partner at that assessment. Exchanging sex, perceived partner concurrency, and perceived partner incarceration were significantly predictive of emotional abuse 6 months later (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 1.60; 1.59; 1.34, respectively). Prior sexually transmitted infection diagnosis, exchanging sex, and binge drinking were significantly predictive of physical violence 6 months later (AOR: 1.62; 1.71; 1.47, respectively). None of the variables measured was significantly predictive of forced sex. CONCLUSIONS: Strategies that address reducing violence against women should be studied further in the context of HIV prevention programs.
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HIV risk factors; longitudinal analysis; violence against women
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