Marital violence and sexually transmitted infections among women in post-revolution Egypt |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Women''s and Children''s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;2. Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden;1. School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA;2. Center for Gender Equity and Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA;3. Population Council, New Delhi, India;4. National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, India;5. Clinical Addiction Research and Education, Section of General, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University, School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesTo explore the relationship between past year physical or sexual partner violence against women and women’s self-report of sexually transmitted infection (STI) symptoms in post-revolution Egypt; and to examine the effects of men’s and women’s risky sexual behavioural characteristics and structural dimensions of poverty and gender inequality on this relationship.Study designThis study uses the nationally representative cross-sectional demographic and health survey data conducted in 2014. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between past year partner violence and self-report of STI symptoms among currently married women.Main outcome measureswomen’s self-report of STI was based on their responses to three questions; whether in the past year they had: got a disease through sexual contact?, a genital sore or ulcer?, or a bad smelling abnormal genital discharge? Women who gave an affirmative response to one or more of these questions were assumed to self-report STI.ResultsAlmost one-third of women self-reported symptoms of STI. Fourteen percent of women reported they had experienced physical or sexual violence by a male partner in the past 12 months. Abused women had a 2.76 times higher odds of self-reported STI symptoms (95% CI 2.25–3.38). The significant relationship between self-reported STI and past year partner violence against women did not alter when adjusting for men’s and women’s behavioural characteristics and factors related to poverty and gender inequality.ConclusionsPublic health interventions that address women’s sexual and reproductive health need to consider violence response and prevention strategies. |
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| Keywords: | Sexually transmitted infections Partner violence Egypt |
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