Combined Intimate Partner Violence and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Rural Uganda: Design of the SHARE Intervention Strategy
Wagman, J.A.; King, E.J.; Namatovu, F.; Kiwanuka, D.; Kairania, R.; Semanda, J.Baptist.; Nalugoda, F.; Serwadda, D.; Wawer, M.J.; Gray, R.; Brahmbhatt, H.
Health Care for Women International 37(3): 362-385
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0739-9332 PMID: 26086189 DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2015.1061526Document Number: 637454
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has a bidirectional relationship with HIV infection. Researchers from the Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP), an HIV research and services organization in rural Uganda, conducted a combination IPV and HIV prevention intervention called the Safe Homes and Respect for Everyone (SHARE) Project between 2005 and 2009. SHARE was associated with significant declines in physical and sexual IPV and overall HIV incidence, and its model could be adopted as a promising practice in other settings. In this article we describe how SHARE's IPV-prevention strategies were integrated into RHSP's existing HIV programming and provide recommendations for replication of the approach.