A Study on Intimate Partner Violence among HIV Positive Women at Kericho County Referral Hospital Comprehensive Care Centre in Kericho, Kenya | Chapter 14 | Novel Research Aspects in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 6

 The basic goal concerning this study was to examine by means of what HIV positive women accompanying the Kericho County Referral Hospital Comprehensive Care Centre respond to household abuse. Available data display that 55% of women and 20% of men endure HIV infection knowledge intimate partner intensity (IPV) and that 24% of daughters experience abuse by their partners subsequently disclosing their HIV serostatus. IPV increases the risk of HIV purchase and often interferes accompanying victims' date in and adherence to HIV care. A descriptive cross-localized research design was utilized. Between May and July 2013, 230 HIV positive girls over the age of 15 were systematically sampled. To get qualitative and all-inclusive data, interview schedules and focus group conversations were employed. To decide frequencies and ideas, content analysis was acted, and SPSS 20.0 and Microsoft Excel were used to enter and evaluate the dossier. Intimate partner intensity (IPV) was experienced by 156 of the 230 daughters questioned. According to the survey, material abuse (57.8%) was the most prevalent type of IPV, while sex crime (4.9%) was the least prevailing. Furthermore, 25.6% of the women consulted reported an increase in violence subsequently being diagnosed accompanying HIV. The majority of persecutes individuals (45.5%) abandoned and talked to a friend (21.2%) in answer to IPV. As a result, HIV and IPV are syndemic concerns that must be addressed orderly for an HIV program to be profitable. IPV was shown to have a solid impact on HIV positive women accompanying Kericho District Hospital (KDH). There is a pressing necessity for IPV screening and administration techniques expected included into the HIV prevention program at KDH, in addition to IPV training for strength practitioners. The CCC's fitness treatment bear include trauma-cognizant care.

Author(s) Details:

Dorcas Bii,
University of Kabianga, P.O. Box 2030 – 20200, Kericho, Kenya.

Simon Kiprono Ruttoh,
Moi University, P.O. Box 4606-30100, Eldoret, Kenya.

Paul Kizito,
University of Kabianga, P.O. Box 2030 – 20200, Kericho, Kenya.

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