Male Violence Toward Women Boosts HIV Risk

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Article Date: 03 May 2004 - 0:00 PDT

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Women who are beaten or dominated by their partner are much more likely to become infected by HIV when compared with women who live in non-violent households, a South African study says.

The research was carried out among 1,366 women who attended health centres in Soweto, Johannesburg, and who agreed to be tested for the AIDS virus and be interviewed about their home life.

After being adjusted for factors that could skew the outcome, such as whether the interviewees had engaged in casual sex or prostitution, the figures showed women who were beaten by their husbands or boyfriends were 48 percent likelier to become infected by HIV than their counterparts.

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