title: Brief Report: Sexual Violence Against HIV-Positive Women in the Nyanza Region of Kenya: Is Condom Negotiation an Instigator?
abstract: For people living with HIV, exposure to sexual violence (SV) is associated with decreased adherence to antiretroviral medication, a primary predictor of their survival. Identification of risk factors for SV is a pressing issue in sub-Saharan Africa, where the global majority of HIV-positive women live and the prevalence of SV against women is high. We used qualitative data to examine SV against HIV-positive women enrolled in HIV care in Kenya. Respondents identified husbands as perpetrators of SV in the context of women's efforts to use condoms as directed by HIV care providers.
authors: *UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; †Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Global Health Sciences, UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA; ‡Centre for clinical research, Nairobi, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya; §Family AIDS Care Education & Services, Kenya; ‖Department of Psychiatry, UCSF Global Health Sciences, San Francisco, CA; ¶Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, UCSF Global Health Sciences, San Francisco, CA; and #Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors: Chinwe C
authors: CC
authors: Onu
authors: Shari L
authors: SL
authors: Dworkin
authors: Linnet G
authors: LG
authors: Ongeri
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Oyaro
authors: Thomas C
authors: TC
authors: Neylan
authors: Craig R
authors: CR
authors: Cohen
authors: Elizabeth A
authors: EA
authors: Bukusi
authors: Grace
authors: G
authors: Rota
authors: Susan M
authors: SM
authors: Meffert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007630:Kenya; D012742:Sex Offenses; D018454:Spouses; D055815:Young Adult