@article{ref1,
title="Sexual risk factors associated with intimate partner violence against women in Rwanda: a couples-based analysis",
journal="Women and health",
year="2014",
author="Kayibanda, Jeanne Françoise and Bitera, Raphaël and Demers, Eric and Moisan, Jocelyne and Alary, Michel",
volume="54",
number="4",
pages="301-316",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To measure the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and to examine the independent association of sexual risk factors of women and their husbands/partners with IPV. METHODS: We used data from 2169 couples from the 2005 Rwandan Demographic and Health Survey. Face-to-face interviews were conducted, and multiple logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS: A total of 560 (29.2%), 415 (22.2%) and 233 (12.4%) women reported any physical, psychological or sexual IPV, respectively. History of genital ulcer in women was significantly associated with psychological IPV (AOR: 2.77; 95% CI: 1.67-4.59), whereas history of genital ulcer reported by husbands/partners was significantly associated with sexual IPV (AOR 2.80, 95% CI: 1.08-7.29). The number of lifetime sexual partners of husbands was positively associated with increasing odds of their wives being exposed to psychological IPV (p=0.025) and physical IPV (p=0.017). CONCLUSIONS: In a representative sample of couples, husbands/partners' sexual risk factors were associated with IPV reported by their wives. Genital ulcer appeared to be a risk marker for the presence of IPV victimization/perpetration.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0242",
doi="10.1080/03630242.2014.896444",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2014.896444"
}