@article{ref1,
title="Intimate partner violence perpetration against main female partners among HIV-positive male injection drug users",
journal="Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes",
year="2007",
author="Frye, Victoria and Latka, Mary H. and Wu, YingFeng and Valverde, Eduardo E. and Knowlton, Amy R. and Knight, Kelly R. and Arnsten, Julia H. and O'Leary, Ann",
volume="46",
number="Suppl 2",
pages="S101-9",
abstract="Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a serious public health and social problem and is associated with a host of adverse health outcomes and behaviors, HIV risk behaviors included, among women who are victimized. Historically, research has focused on correlates of IPV victimization among women; thus, there is less information on the role of men in perpetrating IPV, particularly among men at risk for transmitting HIV to their female partners. We assessed the self-reported prevalence and correlates of perpetration and threat of perpetration of physical and/or sexual IPV against a main female partner among 317 HIV-positive men who were current injection drug users (IDUs). More than 40% of men reported perpetrating physical (39%) and/or sexual (4%) violence against their main female partners in the past year. Multivariate analyses revealed that low education, homelessness, psychologic distress, and unprotected sex with main and nonmain HIV-negative female partners were positively associated with IPV perpetration against main female partners. These findings reveal that IPV perpetration is prevalent among HIV-positive male IDUs and associated with sexual HIV transmission risk behaviors. IPV assessment and treatment among HIV-positive men in HIV care is recommended as a way to prevent IPV perpetration and victimization and to reduce potential HIV transmission.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1525-4135",
doi="10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815767e6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815767e6"
}