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: 10.1080/07399332.2015.1061526
Document 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.

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