Intimate partner violence and HIV treatment adherence in urban South Africa: Mediating role of perinatal common mental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has potential to eliminate perinatal HIV infections, but adherence to ART in late pregnancy and postpartum is often suboptimal. Intimate partner violence (IPV) may influence non-adherence among perinatal women living with HIV (WWH), but few quantitative studies have examined this over time or explored mechanisms for this association.

Methods

We used secondary data from a parent trial in Johannesburg comprising WWH from the control arm (n=63) and WWH ineligible for the trial (n=133). Trained nurse researchers administered questionnaires at first antenatal visit on past-year psychological, physical, and/or sexual IPV (WHO instrument), socio-demographics (age, food security, education), and perinatal common mental symptoms o

SUBMITTER: Hatcher AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9792377 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature