Longitudinal Trajectories of Physical Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescent Girls in Rural South Africa: Findings From HPTN 068.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Little is known about temporal patterns of physical intimate partner violence (PIPV) among South African adolescent girls. We sought to identify and describe PIPV risk trajectories and related correlates in this population.

Methods

Our analytical cohort came from the HPTN 068 Cash Transfer Trial in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Cohort members were eighth and ninth graders (median age 14 years) who enrolled in 2011 and had three to four annual, self-reported PIPV measurements. We used group-based trajectory models to identify groups of girls with similar longitudinal patterns of PIPV risk over 4 years and potential correlates of group membership.

Results

We identified two trajectory groups (n = 907): a higher-risk group (~52.8% of the cohort) with predicte

SUBMITTER: DeLong SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7764948 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature