Food Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Individuals in Rural Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Intimate partner violence and food insecurity are both structural drivers of HIV acquisition, care, and treatment, but little is known about how the 2 conditions intersect in the lives of those already living with HIV.

Methods

This study examined cross-sectional baseline data (collected in January 2016-December 2017) from an ongoing trial in southwestern Kenya. Trained interviewers asked enrolled participants living with HIV aged 18-60 years about household food insecurity (using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale), intimate partner violence (using an adapted WHO multicountry study instrument), and sociodemographics. Negative binomial regression was used to examine the association between food insecurity and partner violence victimization (among women) o

SUBMITTER: Hatcher AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7987870 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature