Violence victimization after HIV infection in a US probability sample of adult patients in primary care. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVES: 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.

publication date

  • February 1, 2000

Research

keywords

  • Crime Victims
  • HIV Seropositivity
  • Violence

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC1446146

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0033985581

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2105/ajph.90.2.208

PubMed ID

  • 10667181

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 90

issue

  • 2