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UMMARY
Background:
Intimate partner violence is a behavior within an intimate relationship that causes
physical, sexual or psychological/emotional harm, even the consequence is worse in
women living with HIV.0 There is a growing evidence of connection between HIV
infection and intimate partner violence towards women. Intimate partner violence can
increase the risk of HIV infection as well as worsen the outcome of the disease. It limits
women's ability to negotiate safer sex behaviors such as condom use, affect disclosure
of sero status and accessing treatment, compromise immunity etc. Studies have
reported that violence is highly prevalent in HIV-infected women as compared HIV
negative women. This thesis employs the WHO conceptualization of IPV which includes
women's reported physical, sexual and emotional violence. This area of IPV prevalence
and associated factors in HIV infected women is not studied well in Ethiopia.
Objective: To assess the prevalence of IPV and associated factors in women living with
HIV enrolled in HIV care in Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital.
Methods: The dependent variables are physical, emotional and sexual intimate partner
violences committed against HIV infected women. A facility based cross sectional study
will be conducted in July 1-30, 2014. Totally 428 women living with HIV will be enrolled
in the study. The data will be collected using structured questionnaire. Data will be
analyzed using SPSS 20. Possible association will be assessed by logistic regression,
and strength of association will be measured using odds ratio at 95% Cl.
Budget: A total of birr 16,369.00will be invested on the research from June to 1-July 30, |
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