When HIV-prevention messages and gender norms clash: The impact of domestic violence on women's HIV risk in slums of Chennai, India
When HIV-prevention messages and gender norms clash: The impact of domestic violence on women's HIV risk in slums of Chennai, India
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1025443719490
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发表时间：
2003-09-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Celentano, DD
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作者：
Go, VF;Sethulakshmi, CJ;Celentano, DD
本文探讨了婚姻暴力如何影响妇女保护自己不感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的能力。深入访谈（n = 48）和焦点小组（n = 84，每组3 - 7）进行了男子和妇女在两个随机选择的贫民窟，印度金奈。研究表明，社区性别规范默许家庭暴力，干扰采取艾滋病毒预防行为。如果在直接的暴力威胁和相对假设的艾滋病毒幽灵之间作出选择，妇女往往屈从于性要求和轻率行为，这可能增加她们感染艾滋病毒的风险。总之，艾滋病预防干预措施必须在丈夫严格执行其控制点的环境中纳入与性别有关的社会背景。针对男子的艾滋病毒预防信息可有效减少妇女感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的机会。
This paper examines how marital violence affects women's ability to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. In-depth interviews (n = 48) and focus groups (n = 84, 3 - 7 per group) were conducted among men and women in two randomly selected slums of Chennai, India. The study showed that community gender norms tacitly sanction domestic violence that interferes with adopting HIV-preventive behaviors. Given the choice between the immediate threat of violence and the relatively hypothetical specter of HIV, women often resign themselves to sexual demands and indiscretions that may increase their risk of HIV acquisition. In conclusion, AIDS-prevention interventions must incorporate gender-related social contexts in settings where husbands strictly enforce their locus of control. HIV-prevention messages targeting men may effectively reduce women's exposure to HIV/AIDS.