Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
Despite growing recognition of the problem, relatively little is known about the issue of coercive sex in developing countries. This study presents findings from a community-based survey of 4279 reproductive-aged women in current partnerships in the Rakai District of Uganda carried out in 1998-99. One in four women in our study report having experienced coercive sex with their current male partner, with most women reporting its occasional occurrence. In a regression analysis of risk factors for coercive sex, conventional socio-demographic characteristics emerged as largely unpredictive of the risk of coercive sex. Behavioral risk factors-most notably, younger age of women at first intercourse and alcohol consumption before sex by the male partner-were strongly and positively related to the risk of coercive sex. Coercive sex was also strongly related to perceptions of the male partner's HIV risk, with women who perceived their partner to be at highest risk experiencing almost three times the risk of coercive sex relative to low risk partnerships. Supplemental analysis of 1-year longitudinal data provides additional support for the hypothesis that coercive sex may frequently be a consequence of women's perceptions of increased HIV risk for their male partner. The findings of this study are discussed in terms of the need for sexual violence prevention programs more generally in settings such as Uganda, and in terms of the possible importance of incorporating issues of sexual and physical violence within current HIV prevention programs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0277-9536
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
787-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Coercion, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Educational Status, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Health Surveys, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Risk-Taking, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Rural Health, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Sex Offenses, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Sexual Partners, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Sexually Transmitted Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Spouse Abuse, pubmed-meshheading:14672593-Uganda
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Coercive sex in rural Uganda: prevalence and associated risk factors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. mkoenig@jhsph.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article