RT Article
T1 Prenatal and Postnatal Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors Among HIV-Infected Women in Rural South Africa: A Longitudinal Study
JF Violence against women
VO 27
IS 15/16
SP 2855
OP 2881
A1 Matseke, Motlagabo G.
A2 Ruiter, Robert A. C.
A2 Rodriguez, Violeta J.
A2 Peltzer, Karl
A2 Lee, Tae Kyoung
A2 Jean, Jenny
A2 Sifunda, Sibusiso
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1774532115
AB Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been highlighted as one of the challenges to the effectiveness of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs in rural areas in South Africa. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of prenatal and postnatal physical as well as psychological IPV, and corresponding time-invariant and time-varying predictors, among HIV-positive women attending PMTCT services in rural South Africa. The Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) was used to assess IPV at four time points prenatal and postnatal. This study highlighted high levels of physical and psychological IPV experienced by HIV-infected women during pregnancy and in the first year after childbirth. Time-invariant predictors and time-varying predictors of physical IPV and psychological IPV were individual, social, and behavioral factors. Multi-dimensional evidence-based interventions are needed to deal with the high levels of prenatal and postnatal physical as well as psychological IPV experienced by these women.
K1 rural South Africa
K1 HIV-positive women
K1 postnatal
K1 prenatal
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
DO 10.1177/1077801221992872