title: Violence victimization after HIV infection in a US probability sample of adult patients in primary care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study estimated the proportion of HIV-infected adults who have been assaulted by a partner or someone important to them since their HIV diagnosis and the extent to which they reported HIV-seropositive status as a cause of the violence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study participants were from a nationally representative probability sample of 2864 HIV-infected adults who were receiving medical care and were enrolled in the HIV Costs and Service Utilization Study. All interviews (91% in person, 9% by telephone) were conducted with computer-assisted personal interviewing instruments. Interviews began in January 1996 and ended 15 months later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 20.5% of the women, 11.5% of the men who reported having sex with men, and 7.5% of the heterosexual men reported physical harm since diagnosis, of whom nearly half reported HIV-seropositive status as a cause of violent episodes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HIV-related care is an appropriate setting for routine assessment of violence. Programs to cross-train staff in antiviolence agencies and HIV care facilities need to be developed for men and women with HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA. sallyvzierler@brown.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zierler
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakazono
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crystal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: St Clair
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bozzette
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012747:Sexual Partners; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*