Male victims of sexual violence in rural Malawi: the overlooked association with HIV infection. In sub-Saharan Africa, research on intimate partner violence (IPV) has largely failed to consider men's experiences as victims by female perpetrators - particularly within ongoing heterosexual relationships such as marriage. The objectives of this study were to document the prevalence of sexual coercion among men, to describe the characteristics of male victims, and to test for an association between sexual coercion and HIV positivity. In 2010, cross-sectional data on HIV risk behaviors, HIV status, and IPV were collected from a sample of 684 mostly married men in rural Malawi. Bivariate analyses were used to examine differences in HIV risk characteristics between victims and nonvictims of sexual coercion. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the association between sexual coercion and HIV positivity.
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