Gender-Based Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Kazakhstan: Prevalence, Types, and Associated Risk and Protective Factors. (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jiwatram-Negrón, Tina; El-Bassel, Nabila; Primbetova, Sholpan; Terlikbayeva, Assel
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 24:Number 13(2018)
• Page Start: 1570
• Page End: 1590
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: gender-based violence -- intimate partner violence -- HIV -- Kazakhstan; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/1077801217741218
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

This article examines the prevalence and associated multilevel risk and protective factors of intimate and nonintimate partner violence among a sample of 249 HIV-positive women in Kazakhstan. We found high prevalence of both lifetime intimate partner violence (52%) and nonintimate partner violence (30%). Together, nearly 60% experienced at least one incident of violence by either an intimate or nonintimate partner (gender-based violence [GBV]). In the multivariate analyses, we found associations between several individual, interpersonal, and socio-structural risk factors and GBV. Findings provide direction for practice, policy, and future research to address the intersection of GBV and HIV in Kazakhstan.