Intimate partner violence and engagement in HIV care and treatment among women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AM Hatcher, EM Smout, JM Turan, N Christofides… - Aids, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We aimed to estimate the odds of engagement in HIV care and treatment among
HIV-positive women reporting intimate partner violence (IPV). Design: We systematically …

Gender-based violence and engagement in biomedical HIV prevention, care and treatment: a scoping review

AM Leddy, E Weiss, E Yam, J Pulerwitz - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background While gender-based violence (GBV) has been shown to increase women's risk
of HIV acquisition, the role of GBV in the HIV testing to care continuum is less clear …

Sustained high HIV incidence in young women in Southern Africa: social, behavioral, and structural factors and emerging intervention approaches

A Harrison, CJ Colvin, C Kuo, A Swartz, M Lurie - Current Hiv/aids Reports, 2015 - Springer
Young women in southern Africa experience some of the highest incidence rates of HIV
infection in the world. Across southern Africa, HIV prevalence among women increases …

The risks of partner violence following HIV status disclosure, and health service responses: narratives of women attending reproductive health services in Kenya

M Colombini, C James, C Ndwiga… - African Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Methods Thirty semi‐structured qualitative interviews were conducted with a group of HIV‐
positive women. Respondents were purposively selected to ensure wide facility …

Women's autonomy and utilisation of maternal healthcare services in 31 Sub-Saharan African countries: results from the demographic and health surveys, 2010–2016

C Chol, J Negin, KE Agho, RG Cumming - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To examine the association between women's autonomy and the utilisation of
maternal healthcare services across 31 Sub-Saharan African countries. Design, setting and …

A review of recent literature on trauma among individuals living with HIV

S LeGrand, S Reif, K Sullivan, K Murray… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2015 - Springer
Persons living with HIV (PLWH) report disproportionately high levels of exposure to
traumatic events in childhood and adulthood. Traumatic experiences are associated with …

Addressing gender inequalities to improve the sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing of women living with HIV

A Amin - Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Globally, women constitute 50% of all persons living with HIV. Gender
inequalities are a key driver of women's vulnerabilities to HIV. This paper looks at how these …

Intimate partner violence and utilization of maternal health care services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

BH Mohammed, JM Johnston, JI Harwell, H Yi… - BMC health services …, 2017 - Springer
Background Despite its prominence, intimate partner violence (IPV) against women has
received little attention in Ethiopia. And as many of sub-Saharan African countries, maternal …

Intersections of food insecurity, violence, poor mental health and substance use among US women living with and at risk for HIV: evidence of a syndemic in need of …

AM Leddy, JM Zakaras, J Shieh, AA Conroy… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Food insecurity and intimate partner violence (IPV) are associated with
suboptimal HIV prevention and treatment outcomes, yet limited research has explored how …

Intimate partner violence experienced by HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa: a cross-sectional study

M Bernstein, T Phillips, A Zerbe, JA McIntyre… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy may be common in settings
where HIV is prevalent but there are few data on IPV in populations of HIV-infected pregnant …