@article{ref1,
title="Intimate partner violence and correlates in pregnant HIV positive Nigerians",
journal="Archives of gynecology and obstetrics",
year="2009",
author="Ezechi, Oliver Chukwujekwu and Gab-Okafor, Chidinma and Onwujekwe, Dan I. and Adu, Rosemary A. and Amadi, Eva and Herbertson, Ebiere",
volume="280",
number="5",
pages="745-752",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence, types and correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) in pregnant Nigerian living with HIV. DESIGN: Cross sectional study. POPULATION: HIV positive pregnant women. SETTING: A large HIV comprehensive treatment centre. METHODS: A cross sectional study of 652 HIV positive pregnant Nigerians seen at Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria over a 24 months period. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of intimate partner violence after HIV diagnosis. RESULTS: Among the women interviewed, 423 (65.8%) reported abuse. In 74.0% of abused women, the abuse started after HIV diagnosis. Though having a HIV negative spouse and disclosure of HIV status were associated with abuse, only having a HIV negative partner retained its association with IPV (OR 3.1; CI 2.4-5.3) after controlling for confounding variables. Sixty-two (9.6%) women have not disclosed their HIV status because of fear of rejection. Verbal abuse (51.7%), threat of violence in 97 (22.9%) and sexual deprivation in 91 (21.5%) were the common forms of abuse reported. CONCLUSION: IPV is common among HIV positive pregnant Nigerians; with a threefold increased risk in women in HIV serodiscordant relationship.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0932-0067",
doi="10.1007/s00404-009-0956-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00404-009-0956-9"
}