ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2016
Intimate partner violence and HIV-positive women's non-adherence to antiretroviral medication for the purpose of prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Lusaka, Zambia.
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- Intimate partner violence among women living with HIV in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of the effects of intimate partner violence on HIV-positive pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Behavioral Couples-Based Interventions Targeting Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.AIDS and behavior · 2022Pooled it
- Medication adherence in pregnant women with human immunodeficiency virus receiving antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Correlation between gender-based violence and poor treatment outcomes among transgender women living with HIV in Brazil.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Breaking down relationship barriers to increase PrEP uptake and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in Kenya: safety and preliminary effectiveness results from a pilot cluster-randomized trial.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Trial
- Gender Moderates Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial for the Khanya Intervention for Substance Use and ART Adherence in HIV Care in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2022Trial
- Perceived Barriers to HIV Care and Viral Suppression Comparing Newly Diagnosed Women Living with HIV in Rural Uganda with and without a History of Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Trial
- Effects of behavioural interventions on postpartum retention and adherence among women with HIV on lifelong ART: the results of a cluster randomized trial in Kenya (the MOTIVATE trial).Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Trial
- Effects of a Home-Based Intervention on HIV Prevention Health Behaviors in Pregnant/Postpartum Kenyan Women: Estimating Moderating Effects of Depressive Symptoms.AIDS and behavior · 2021Trial
- Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Power in Intimate Relationships in HIV Testing Services in Nairobi, Kenya.AIDS and behavior · 2020Trial
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- Reproductive stage and other risk factors associated with intimate partner violence: a multisite study of women with HIV in the United States.AIDS (London, England) · 2026Article
- Couples problem-solving therapy for perinatal women living with HIV and male partners in Malawi: a study protocol for a pilot trial ofBMJ open · 2026Article
- Associations between recent intimate partner violence and sustained viral suppression among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in western Kenya: A secondary analysis of a prospective cohort (Opt4Mamas).International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
- Reduced Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Pregnant Women With HIV With Intimate Partner Violence in the United States.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the Tu'Washindi Na PrEP Intervention to Reduce Gender-Based Violence and Increase Preexposure Prophylaxis Uptake and Adherence Among Kenyan Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Evaluation of risk stratification and problem management plus (PM+) for pregnant women with HIV in Kenya (Tatua study): Protocol paper.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Perinatal HIV treatment in the context of financial and psychological intimate partner violence in urban South Africa.Psychology of violence · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) depends critically on HIV-positive women's adherence to antiretroviral drugs during and after pregnancy. Adherence among pregnant and breastfeeding women remains a challenge across sub-Saharan Africa. Power dynamics within couples, such as intimate partner violence, has largely been neglected in research regarding PMTCT adherence.
objectiveThis study aims to determine if there is a relationship between intimate partner violence and non-adherence to PMTCT.
methodsIn 2014, using a verbally administered cross-sectional survey at a large public health clinic in Lusaka, Zambia, 320 HIV-positive postpartum women, who were currently married or living with a man, provided information on their drug adherence during and after pregnancy, as well as relationship dynamics. Adherence was defined as the woman reporting she took or gave to the infant at least 80% of prescribed medication doses.
resultsExperiencing intimate partner violence was associated with decreased odds of adherence to PMTCT during and after pregnancy. Different forms of violence affected PMTCT adherence differentially. Physical violence had a less pronounced effect on non-adherence than emotional and sexual violence. A dose-response relationship between intimate partner violence and non-adherence was also observed.
conclusionsIntimate partner violence is associated with non-adherence to PMTCT during and after pregnancy, which deserves increased attention in the effort to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
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