RT Article
T1 Relationships Between Stigma and Intimate Partner Violence Among Female Sex Workers Living With HIV: Social and Economic Exclusion
JF Violence against women
VO 29
IS 11
SP 1971
OP 1997
A1 Rock, Amelia
A2 McNaughton Reyes, H. Luz
A2 Go, Vivian
A2 Maman, Suzanne
A2 Perez, Martha
A2 Donastorg, Yeycy
A2 Kerrigan, Deanna
A2 Barrington, Clare
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1853895326
AB Violence against female sex workers (FSWs) perpetrated by their intimate (i.e., non-commercial) partners, particularly against FSWs living with HIV, is understudied. Stigma can deplete the economic resources, social relationships, and mental well-being of stigmatized people, which may increase their intimate partner violence (IPV) risk. We quantitatively assessed relationships between HIV stigma and sex work stigma and IPV victimization among FSWs living with HIV in the Dominican Republic (n = 266). Enacted HIV stigma, in the form of job loss, and anticipated HIV stigma, in the form of fear of exclusion by family, were associated with increased IPV risk. Potential association mechanisms, including increased economic vulnerability and social isolation, and programmatic responses are discussed.
K1 HIV
K1 Sex Work
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Stigma
K1 Dominican Republic
DO 10.1177/10778012221127722