Intimate Partner Violence and the HIV Care and Treatment Cascade Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in DREAMS, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intimate partner violence (IPV) may affect the HIV-treatment cascade.

Setting

Four high HIV-prevalence DREAMS health districts in South Africa.

Methods

Secondary analysis of cross-sectional data collected March 2017-June 2018, using random household sample of young (12-24 years) girls and women. Face-to-face interviews assessed IPV and HIV-status knowledge, and finger-prick blood draws assessed ART (antiretroviral therapy) uptake and viral suppression. We used logistic regression to estimate crude and adjusted effects of IPV on HIV knowledge, ART uptake, and viral suppression.

Results

Of 18,230 adolescent girls and young women, 8413 (46%) reported ever having had sex, of whom 1118 (13%) were HIV positive. The 90:90:90 benchmarks were 61% knew their s

SUBMITTER: Gibbs A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8740602 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature