Gender Differences in Intimate Partner Violence on Substance Abuse, Sexual Risks, and Depression among a Sample of South Africans in Cape Town, South Africa

Wong, Frank Y.; Zj, Huang; DiGangi, Julia A.; Thompson, Estina E.; Smith, Blaine E.

doi:10.1521/aeap.2008.20.1.56

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“…Several epidemiological studies report that South Africa has high levels of gender-based violence (Ackerman & De Klerk, 2002;Coombe, 2002;Jewkes et al, 2001b), and further, that among low-income adults, intimate partner violence is associated with depression in women (Bean & Moller, 2002;WHO, 2006;Wong, Huang, DiGangi, Thompson, & Smith, 2008). Particularly in poor communities, violence reverberates through networks of support and becomes folded into the everyday in many different ways (Moultrie & Kleintjes, 2006).…”

Section: Abuse By Partnermentioning

confidence: 99%

A Feminist Phenomenological Description of Depression in Low-income South African Women

Dukas¹

2016

Int J Womens Health Wellness

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Section: Abuse By Partnermentioning

confidence: 99%

A Feminist Phenomenological Description of Depression in Low-income South African Women

Dukas¹

2016

Int J Womens Health Wellness

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“…Lifetime exposure to intimate partner violence was very close to 100% for both genders. Also, rates of depression and sexual risk behaviour were comparable between men and women (Wong et al, 2008).…”

Section: Heterosexual Couples Outside Of the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…Any 30 day alcohol use was only marginally associated with intimate partner violence (p=0.08). For men, intimate partner violence was however linked to the abuse of various drugs (p=0.02) (Wong et al, 2008). Lifetime and past 6 month exposure to intimate partner violence were both comparable between males and females.…”

Section: Heterosexual Couples Outside Of the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…In another South African study of 395 participants (195 males and 200 females), Wong et al (2008) observed that while alcohol abuse is still higher in men than in women (p=0.001), women who were recently abused (past 30 days) by their partner were more likely than not to suffer from problem drinking (OR 3.0, CI 1.5 -5.9, p=0.0005) and depression (odds ratio 3.1, CI 1.5 -6.2, p=0.005). No correlation between intimate partner violence and depression, alcohol abuse, and sexual risk behaviours were identified in men.…”

Section: Heterosexual Couples Outside Of the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk Behaviour: A Systematic Literature Review of High-Risk Groups, with a Focus on South Africa

Neuman¹,

Schneider²,

Nanau³

et al. 2012

Public Health - Social and Behavioral Health

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“…the stigmatisation and criminalisation of certain sexual behaviours and orientations. 19,20,33 Increasingly, policy and programmatic efforts focusing on violence and HIV have sought to include interventions that address gender norms and dynamics. These initiatives are particularly concerned with how negative gender norms increase the risk of violence for a range of populations, recognizing that this has implications for HIV prevention, treatment and care.…”

Section: Hiv and Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

HIV and gender-based violence: welcome policies and programmes, but is the research keeping up?

Gruskin

Safreed-Harmon

Moore

et al. 2014

Reproductive Health Matters

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Abstract:The global HIV policy arena has seen a surge of interest in gender-related dimensions of vulnerability to HIV and violence. UNAIDS and other prominent actors have named gender-based violence a key priority, and there seems to be genuine understanding and commitment to addressing gender inequalities as they impact key populations in the AIDS response. In the quest for evidence-informed interventions, there is usually a strong connection between the research conducted and the policies and programmes that follow. Regarding gender, HIV and violence, is this the case? This discussion paper asks whether the relevant peer-reviewed literature is suitably representative of all affected populations -including heterosexual men, transgender men and women, women who have sex with women, and men who have sex with men -as well as whether the literature sufficiently considers gender norms and dynamics in how research is framed. Conclusions about violence in the context of heterosexual relationships, and with specific attention to heterosexual women, should not be presented as insights about gender-based violence more generally, with little attention to gender dynamics. Research framed by a more comprehensive understanding of what is meant by gender-based violence as it relates to all of the diverse populations affected by HIV would potentially guide policies and programmes more effectively. © 2014 Reproductive Health Matters Keywords: HIV, AIDS, gender, violence, gender-based violence Gender-based violence as both a cause and consequence of HIV raises significant health and human rights concerns. In recent years, the global HIV policy arena has seen a surge of interest in gender-related dimensions of vulnerability to HIV and violence, resulting in notable policy and programmatic advances with the aim of addressing gender-based violence. Policy directives addressing HIV, gender and violence would seem to call for an evidence base that elucidates how HIV-related violence is mediated by gender roles, norms and dynamics. However, it is not clear that the bulk of empirical research has kept pace with these developments. Within the global policy realm, the concept of gender as a set of norms, as a structurally and institutionally supported system of social relations and as a socially constructed identity, is understood to be distinct from the concept of biological sex. Although the term gender-based violence implicitly recognizes this distinction, the key question is whether researchers are publishing studies that provide insight into how and why gender matters in relation to HIV and violence.The purpose of this discussion paper is to raise two concerns about the peer-reviewed literature at the intersection of HIV and violence. representative of all highly affected populationswomen and girls; men and boys; men who have sex with men (MSM); and transgender populations. Second, we look at how the concept of gender-based violence as connected to HIV research may get conflated with the concept of violence against women, and how a...

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Gender Differences in Intimate Partner Violence on Substance Abuse, Sexual Risks, and Depression among a Sample of South Africans in Cape Town, South Africa

Cited by 36 publications

References 12 publications

A Feminist Phenomenological Description of Depression in Low-income South African Women

A Feminist Phenomenological Description of Depression in Low-income South African Women

The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk Behaviour: A Systematic Literature Review of High-Risk Groups, with a Focus on South Africa

HIV and gender-based violence: welcome policies and programmes, but is the research keeping up?

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