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- Title
Relationship Power and Sexual Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Rural Uganda.
- Authors
Conroy, Amy; Tsai, Alexander; Clark, Gina; Boum, Yap; Hatcher, Abigail; Kawuma, Annet; Hunt, Peter; Martin, Jeffrey; Bangsberg, David; Weiser, Sheri
- Abstract
Gender-based power imbalances place women at significant risk for sexual violence, however, little research has examined this association among women living with HIV/AIDS. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of relationship power and sexual violence among HIV-positive women on anti-retroviral therapy in rural Uganda. Relationship power was measured using the Sexual Relationship Power Scale (SRPS), a validated measure consisting of two subscales: relationship control (RC) and decision-making dominance. We used multivariable logistic regression to test for associations between the SRPS and two dependent variables: recent forced sex and transactional sex. Higher relationship power (full SRPS) was associated with reduced odds of forced sex (AOR = 0.24; 95 % CI 0.07-0.80; p = 0.020). The association between higher relationship power and transactional sex was strong and in the expected direction, but not statistically significant (AOR = 0.47; 95 % CI 0.18-1.22; p = 0.119). Higher RC was associated with reduced odds of both forced sex (AOR = 0.18; 95 % CI 0.06-0.59; p < 0.01) and transactional sex (AOR = 0.38; 95 % CI 0.15-0.99; p = 0.048). Violence prevention interventions with HIV-positive women should consider approaches that increase women's power in their relationships.
- Subjects
UGANDA; SEX crimes -- Risk factors; CONFIDENCE intervals; HIV infections; INTERPERSONAL relations; POWER (Social sciences); PROBABILITY theory; SEX work; PSYCHOLOGY of women; ANTIRETROVIRAL agents; MULTIPLE regression analysis; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
AIDS & Behavior, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 9, p2045
- ISSN
1090-7165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10461-016-1385-y