Intimate partner violence and HIV risk behaviors among socially disadvantaged Chilean women
Miner, S.; Ferrer, L.; Cianelli, R.; Bernales, M.; Cabieses, B.ál.
Violence Against Women 17(4): 517-531
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1552-8448 PMID: 21486859 DOI: 10.1177/1077801211404189Document Number: 218957
The objective of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV risk among socioeconomically disadvantaged Chilean women. A correlational analysis with data from the NIH-funded project, "Testing an HIV/AIDS Prevention Intervention for Chilean Women," was conducted. Two hundred and sixty-one women were included in this analysis (n = 261). Those women who had experienced any type of IPV in the past 3 months had significantly higher risk for HIV than those who had not (t = -2.016, p < .05). Also a linear trend was found among those women who had experienced more than one type of IPV in the past 3 months and HIV risk.