Violence against women in selected areas of the United States.
| dc.contributor.author | Montgomery, B. E., Rompalo, A., Hughes, J., Wang, J., Haley, D., Soto-Torres, L., ... & Frew, P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-30T16:52:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-11-30T16:52:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objectives: We determined the prevalence of recent emotional, physical, and sexual violence against women and their associations with HIV-related risk factors in women living in the United States. Methods: We performed an assessment of women ages 18 to 44 years with a history of unprotected sex and 1 or more personal or partner HIV risk factors in the past 6 months from 2009 to 2010. We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the association of experiencing violence. Results: Among 2099 women, the prevalence of emotional abuse, physical violence, and sexual violence in the previous 6 months was 31%, 19%, and 7%, respectively. Nonmarried status, food insecurity, childhood abuse, depression symptomology, and posttraumatic stress disorder were significantly associated with multiple types of violence. All types of violence were associated with at least 3 different partner or personal HIV risk behaviors, including unprotected anal sex, previous sexually transmitted infection diagnosis, sex work, or partner substance abuse. Conclusions: Our data suggested that personal and partner HIV risk behaviors, mental illness, and specific forms of violence frequently co-occurred in the lives of impoverished women. We shed light on factors purported to contribute to a syndemic in this population. HIV prevention programs in similar populations should address these co-occurring issues in a comprehensive manner. (Author Abstracts) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Montgomery, B. E., Rompalo, A., Hughes, J., Wang, J., Haley, D., Soto-Torres, L., ... & Frew, P. (2015). Violence against women in selected areas of the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 105(10), 2156–2166. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | Violence against women in selected areas of the United States. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/3627 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Journal of Public Health | en_US |
| dc.subject | child abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | long term effects | en_US |
| dc.subject | revictimization | en_US |
| dc.subject | multi-type abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | poly-victimization | en_US |
| dc.subject | risk factors | en_US |
| dc.subject | disparity | en_US |
| dc.subject | poverty | en_US |
| dc.subject | research | en_US |
| dc.title | Violence against women in selected areas of the United States. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |