Brief Report: Sexual Violence Against HIV-Positive Women in the Nyanza Region of Kenya: Is Condom Negotiation an Instigator?. (1st January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Onu, Chinwe C.; Dworkin, Shari L.; Ongeri, Linnet G.; Oyaro, Patrick; Neylan, Thomas C.; Cohen, Craig R.; Bukusi, Elizabeth A.; Rota, Grace; Meffert, Susan M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. Volume 74:Number 1(2017)
• Page Start: 52
• Page End: 55
• Publication Date: 2017-01-01
• Subjects: women's HIV -- sub-Saharan Africa -- gender-based violence -- intimate partner violence -- sexual violence -- condom negotiation -- HIV; AIDS (Disease) -- Periodicals; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Periodicals; AIDS (Disease); Periodicals; 616.9792005
• DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001135
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1525-4135

Abstract

Abstract: 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.