Typologies of violence against women in Brazil: A latent class analysis of how violence and HIV intersect
Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: 1589) in São Paulo and Porto Alegre. We conducted latent class analysis and identified violence typologies by type of violence, life course timing, frequency, and perpetrator, stratified by city and HIV-status. Overall, HIV-positive women experienced more lifetime physical and sexual violence than HIV-negative women. Twelve unique violence latent classes were identified. In São Paulo, HIV-positive women were likely to have endured physical violence several times (Conditional Probability [CP]: 0.80) by an intimate partner (CP: 0.85), and sexual violence several times (CP: 0.46) by an intimate partner (CP: 0.62). In Porto Alegre, HIV-positive women endured physical violence several times (CP: 0.80) by an intimate partner (CP: 0.70) during childhood/adolescence (CP: 0.48), and sexual violence several times (CP: 0.54) by an intimate partner (CP: 0.60). Findings inform interventions to educate around gender equity, violence, and the health effects of violence including HIV, integrate HIV and violence services, and improve the provision of bio-medical HIV prevention among HIV-negative women who experience violence.
Source: Global Public Health
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: World Bank Group, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, National Institute of Development Administration, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awards: G1077072712, G1579067553, GENIH study - gender and HIV infection: sexual and reproductive health practices and decisions, G2830487602, The Impact of Environmental and Physiological Factors on Sexual Assault and HIV, G5740873739, SALUD: Syndemic Alcohol Use Disorders, Violence, and HIV/STI in Young Latino Men, G5974555065, G6996205936, Training Program in Substance Use, HIV and Related Infections
OpenAlex ID: W3033124449