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When intimate partner violence against women and HIV collide: challenges for healthcare assessment and intervention
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When intimate partner violence against women and HIV collide: challenges for healthcare assessment and intervention

Kimberly Adams Tufts, Paul Thomas Clements and Judy Wessell
Journal of forensic nursing, v 6(2)
2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-3938.2010.01071.x
PMID: 20507419

Abstract

Adult Female Forensic Nursing Global Health Health Services Needs and Demand HIV Infections - diagnosis HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - therapy Humans Incidence Internet Middle Aged Nursing Assessment Prevalence Public Health - statistics & numerical data Rape - diagnosis Rape - prevention & control Rape - statistics & numerical data Spouse Abuse - diagnosis Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data Spouse Abuse - therapy Unsafe Sex Women's Health
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) both constitute major public health issues that impact the overall health of women. IPV, including sexual assault, remains a persistent public health concern that has proven to be both difficult and significantly dangerous to prevent and treat. Based on data from UNAIDS more than 14.5 million women were living with HIV by the end of 2005. IPV and HIV are often interrelated. Exposure to IPV has been associated with an increased risk for contracting HIV and women who are living with HIV may be more likely to become victims of IPV. comprehensive care and services have to be offered in the context of where women seek health care. Screening and effective intervention for IPV are essential components of HIV-related services including prevention programming, voluntary counseling and testing, and treatment. Including IPV-related services into the context of HIV-related services delivers the message that violence is not a taboo topic in the health-care setting.

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