Violence Against Women and HIV Risk Behaviors in Kampala, Uganda: Baseline Findings From the SASA! Study

• NCJ Number: 245953
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 19 Issue: 7 Dated: July 2013 Pages: 814-832
• Author(s): Leilani Francisco; Tanya Abramsky; Ligia Kiss; Lori Michau; Tina Musuya; Deanna Kerrigan; Dan Kaye; Charlotte Watts
• Date Published: July 2013
• Length: 19 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article presents baseline data from the SASA! this is the Swahili for now Study, a cluster randomized trial of a community-mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and HIV/AIDS in Kampala, Uganda.

Abstract

This article presents baseline data from the SASA! this is the Swahili for now Study, a cluster randomized trial of a community-mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and HIV/AIDS in Kampala, Uganda. Logistic regression was used to explore associations between intimate partner violence IPV and sexual risk behaviors, among 1,206 ever-partnered men and women 18-49 years. Twenty-seven percent of women reported past-year experience of physical and/or sexual IPV. Female experience and male perpetration of IPV were strongly associated with sexual risk behaviors. Findings confirm the importance of the SASA! intervention in this setting and endorse integrated strategies for IPV and HIV prevention. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage.