Intimate partner violence, relationship power inequity, and incidence of HIV infection in young women in South Africa: a cohort study

Jewkes, Rachel; Dunkle, Kristin; Nduna, Mzikazi; Shai, Nwabisa

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60548-x

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“…With this experience, this woman indicated that she could not exercise a greater degree of control over her sex life. Literature supports that violence or threat of it remains a major social factor in intimate sexual relationships that increases women's vulnerability to HIV infection (Amaro, 2000;Maman et al, 2002;Jewkes et al, 2010). Contrary to the assumptions of BM, this study supports the view that women's sexual health behaviour and their experiences in gender relations should not be isolated from the wider context of social environments.…”

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confidence: 61%

Empowering Yoruba Women in Nigeria to Prevent HIV/AIDS: The Relative Significance of Behavioural and Social Determinant Models

Alo

2013

EIRJ

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This article uncovers the relevance to practice of behavioural and social determinant models of HIV prevention among Yoruba women in Nigeria. Exploring what factors influence health behaviour in heterosexual relationships, the key question raised was whether the women's experiences support the assumptions and prescriptions for action of these two dominant public health models. Eight focus group discussions and 39 in-depth interviews were conducted, which involved 121 women and men who were chosen purposefully and through self-nomination technique. This study revealed that the women were very much constrained by social environments in negotiating safe sex, despite having at least a basic knowledge of HIV prevention. Limiting factors included the fear of relationship breakup, economic dependence, violence, and the difficulties in justifying why they feel the need to insist on condom use, especially since initiating condom use is antithetical to trust. Furthermore, evidence suggested that improved access to income and education might be vital but it does not automatically constitute a direct means of empowering women to prevent HIV infection. The limitations of both behavioural and social determinants perspectives thus suggests the need for a combination prevention model, which focuses on how social, behavioural and biomedical factors overlap in shaping health outcomes.

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Empowering Yoruba Women in Nigeria to Prevent HIV/AIDS: The Relative Significance of Behavioural and Social Determinant Models

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2013

EIRJ

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“…Globally the World Health Organization (WHO) [2] estimates that 30% of all women have experienced some form of sexual and/or physical violence from an intimate partner in their life. There is clear evidence that IPV is a major driver of HIV acquisition amongst heterosexual women [1,3] with studies suggesting up to 25% of all HIV acquisitions occurring amongst women are linked to their experiences of IPV [3,4]. In addition, HIV acquisition is also a cause of IPV [1].…”

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“…There is overwhelming evidence that gender inequalities shape men’s perpetration of IPV and women’s experience of IPV as well as their vulnerability to HIV in heterosexual relationships [3,11–14]. The evidence linking poverty and HIV-vulnerability is less clear, with recent longitudinal studies suggesting poverty can either be a risk or protective factor for HIV depending on other social factors including community acceptability of violence against women [15].…”

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A global comprehensive review of economic interventions to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV risk behaviours

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Jacobson²,

Wilson³

2017

Global Health Action

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Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are co-occurring global epidemics, with similar root causes of gender and economic inequalities. Economic interventions have become a central approach to preventing IPV and HIV.Objective/Methods: We undertook a comprehensive scoping review of published evaluations of economic interventions that sought to prevent IPV and/or HIV risk behaviours.Results: Forty-five separate analyses of interventions met our criteria. Broadly, unconditional cash transfer interventions showed either flat or positive outcomes; economic strengthening interventions had mixed outcomes, with some negative, flat and positive results reported; interventions combining economic strengthening and gender transformative interventions tended to have positive outcomes.Conclusions: The review highlighted a number of gaps. Specifically, there were limited studies evaluating the impact of economic interventions on female sex workers, young women, and men. In addition, there were missed opportunities, with many evaluations only reporting either IPV- or HIV-related outcomes, rather than both, despite overlaps.

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“…These data suggest that power imbalance, principally in issues related to violence, should be one of the foremost questions to bear in mind when drawing up strategies for preventing STIs in women (Jewkes, Dunkle, Nduna, & Shai, 2010).…”

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Prevention Of Hiv/Aids And Other Stis In Women In The Context Of Relationships

Patrão¹

2017

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Women's anatomy and physiology place them at a higher risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) compared to men. In addition, certain cultural and social issues increase women's vulnerability to STIs. This descriptive literature review analyzed the different problems comprising relationship contexts as factors involved in the promotion of sexual health and the prevention of STIs in women. Data were obtained from classic authors who reported on how gender roles and imbalances in male-female relationships interfere with the prevention of STIs in women. For this, a systematic search was made of databases included in the Biblioteca Científica Online (B-on). Based on the selected articles evaluated, relationship-associated factors such as gender power imbalance, negative attitudes regarding condom use, and poverty and financial inequalities, as well as inadequate communication between partners were found to place women at risk of acquiring STIs. Since factors within relationships may play a significant role in STI prevention in various ways, it is relevant to take relationship characteristics into consideration when designing interventions aimed at promoting sexual health and preventing HIV/AIDS and other STIs in women. STI prevention programs should target both sexes and should focus strongly on increasing women's capacity to negotiate and communicate with their partners.

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Intimate partner violence, relationship power inequity, and incidence of HIV infection in young women in South Africa: a cohort study

Cited by 988 publications

References 26 publications

Empowering Yoruba Women in Nigeria to Prevent HIV/AIDS: The Relative Significance of Behavioural and Social Determinant Models

Empowering Yoruba Women in Nigeria to Prevent HIV/AIDS: The Relative Significance of Behavioural and Social Determinant Models

A global comprehensive review of economic interventions to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV risk behaviours

Prevention Of Hiv/Aids And Other Stis In Women In The Context Of Relationships

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