title: Intimate partner violence and HIV risk behaviors among socially disadvantaged Chilean women.
abstract: The objective of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV risk among socioeconomically disadvantaged Chilean women. A correlational analysis with data from the NIH-funded project, "Testing an HIV/AIDS Prevention Intervention for Chilean Women," was conducted. Two hundred and sixty-one women were included in this analysis (n = 261). Those women who had experienced any type of IPV in the past 3 months had significantly higher risk for HIV than those who had not (t = -2.016, p < .05). Also a linear trend was found among those women who had experienced more than one type of IPV in the past 3 months and HIV risk.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. minersarah@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miner
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: Rosina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cianelli
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernales
authors.forename: Báltica
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cabieses
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D055815:Young Adult