Intimate Partner Violence and Condom and Diaphragm Nonadherence Among Women in an HIV Prevention Trial in Southern Africa

Abstract

Prevalence of recent IPV was high and associated with condom and diaphragm nonadherence during the trial. Counseling in prevention trials should proactively address IPV, for its own sake, and in product and risk-reduction counseling. Strategies to encourage men's positive involvement in product use and prevent IPV perpetration should be considered.