A study published in BMCWomensHealth assesses the magnitude and associated factors of intimate partner violence (IPV) against HIV positive women in Gondar, Ethiopia and finds that it is more likely in women with low monthly incomes and alcoholic partners.
]. Hence, integrating gender-based violence screening, control, and management activities could be a critical component of HIV prevention and care programs.
Despite the fact that determining the magnitude and determinants of IPV among HIV infected women could help to design preventive and control strategies, there is a dearth of information regarding the magnitude and determinants of IPV among HIV infected women in Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to assess the magnitude and associated factors of intimate partner violence among HIV positive women attending ART clinics in public health facilities in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia.
Initially, four public health facilities in Gondar city were selected using a simple random sampling technique . Then, a systematic random sampling technique was applied to select the study participants by considering the number of HIV positive women visiting an ART clinic per day in each health institutions for ART service. The total sample size was proportionally allocated based on average client served in each health facility.
]. The first woman was chosen at random as a starting point, and the data was collected every eight women until the required sample size was met.Socio demographic and socio-cultural factors: age, religion, educational level, partner educational level, residence, occupation, monthly income, partner occupation.Medical characteristics: disclosure status, discordant, suicidal attempt.
Intimate partner violence is the percentage of HIV positive women who experienced physical violence, sexual violence, or emotional violence or both by their current or most recent husbands/partners in within 12 months. Having answered “yes” to at least one item in physical, or emotional or sexual violence were categorized as having faced intimate partner violence in the last 12 months [
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