Intimate partner violence, relationship power inequity, and incidence of HIV infection in young women in South Africa: A cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9734, 2010, Pages 41-48

  Jewkes, Rachel K ^a,b   Dunkle, Kristin ^e   Nduna, Mzikazi ^c,d   Shai, Nwabisa ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b University of the Western Modderdam Road   (South Africa)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; RAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954718053     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60548-X     Document Type: Article

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