Transactional Sex, Alcohol Use and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the Rakai Region of Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Transactional sex (TS) is prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Women's engagement in TS is linked with HIV infection; little is known about the relationship between TS, intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol use-established HIV risk behaviors. Using modified Poisson regression, we assessed associations between TS and physical, verbal and sexual IPV among 8248 women (15-49 years) who participated in the Rakai Community Cohort Study across forty communities in Uganda. An interaction term assessed moderation between alcohol use and TS and no significant interaction effects were found. In adjusted analysis, alcohol use and TS were significantly associated with all forms of IPV. In stratified analysis, TS was only associated with IPV in agrarian communities; alcohol use was not associated with

SUBMITTER: Miller AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8807528 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature