New Study: Those in Abusive Relationships Have Higher Risk for HIV
Posted June 18, 2009 by margaret
A new study illustrates the strong link between partner violence and negative reproductive health outcomes. The study, published in this month’s issue of General Hospital Psychiatry, reveals that those who are in physically abusive relationships are at higher risk for HIV infection.
The study involved nearly 14,000 U.S. women ages 20 and older. The results showed that women who experience violence from their partners were more than three times as likely to have HIV as women who do not. Almost 12% of the HIV infection was due to intimate partner violence.
A news release on the study can be found here; the full article is here.
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After several months of having sex against her will using only condoms she decided to go on hormonal birth control. Her boyfriend adamantly opposed the decision. He said the pill made women want to have sex all the time, and that I’d start to cheat on him…"
