HIV Risk Behaviours and their Relationship to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Men Who Have Multiple Female Sexual Partners in Cape Town, South Africa

HIV/AIDS and intimate partner violence (IPV) are growing public health concerns in South Africa. Knowledge about adult men’s perpetration of IPV and links between HIV risk behaviours and IPV is limited. Respondent driven sampling was used to recruit men who have multiple concurrent female sexual par...

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Published in:AIDS and behavior 2011, Vol.15 (1), p.132-141
Main Authors: Townsend, Loraine, Jewkes, Rachel, Mathews, Catherine, Johnston, Lisa Grazina, Flisher, Alan J., Zembe, Yanga, Chopra, Mickey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Adult
Condoms - utilization
Data Collection
Domestic violence
Drinking Behavior
Female
Females
Health Psychology
Heterosexuality
HIV
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - prevention & control
HIV Infections - transmission
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Males
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Men
Middle Aged
Original Paper
Prevalence
Public Health
Rape - statistics & numerical data
Risk
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Sexual Partners - psychology
Socioeconomic Factors
South Africa - epidemiology
Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:HIV/AIDS and intimate partner violence (IPV) are growing public health concerns in South Africa. Knowledge about adult men’s perpetration of IPV and links between HIV risk behaviours and IPV is limited. Respondent driven sampling was used to recruit men who have multiple concurrent female sexual partners. Forty-one percent of the 428 recruited men had perpetrated IPV. Inconsistent condom use was associated with physical IPV; experiencing a symptom of a sexually transmitted infection and engaging in transactional sex were associated with physical and sexual IPV; problem alcohol use was associated with physical, and any IPV, but not sexual IPV; having five or more partners was associated with sexual IPV; perceptions of partners’ infidelity were associated with physical and any IPV. HIV risk reduction interventions among men, especially those with multiple female sex partners, should incorporate strategies to change the underlying construction of masculinity that combines the anti-social and risky behaviours of IPV perpetration, inconsistent condom use, transactional sex and heavy alcohol consumption.
ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-010-9680-5