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. 2007 Sep;84(5):667-80.
doi: 10.1007/s11524-007-9214-2.

Intimate partner violence and HIV risks: a longitudinal study of men on methadone

Louisa Gilbert  1 , Nabila El-Bassel, Elwin Wu, Mingway Chang
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Intimate partner violence and HIV risks: a longitudinal study of men on methadone

Louisa Gilbert et al. J Urban Health. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

Whereas research has suggested that drug-involved men are at disproportionately high risk of engaging in transmission risk behaviors for HIV and of perpetrating intimate partner violence (IPV) against women, only a few cross-sectional studies have examined the relationship between IPV and HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) transmission risks among heterosexual, drug-involved men. This study builds on previous cross-sectional research by using a longitudinal design to examine the temporal relationships between perpetration of IPV and different HIV/STI transmission risks among a random sample of 356 men on methadone assessed at baseline (wave 1), 6 months (wave 2), and 12 months (wave 3). The findings indicate that (1) perpetration of IPV in the past 6 months at wave 1 was associated with having more than one intimate partner, buying sex, and sexual coercion at subsequent waves and that (2) non-condom use, injecting drugs, and sexual coercion at wave 1 were associated with subsequent IPV. The temporal relationships between perpetration of IPV and HIV risks found in this study underscore the need for HIV prevention interventions targeting men on methadone to consider IPV and HIV risks as co-occurring problems.

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