Jay G. Silverman|Michele R. Decker|Nitin Kapur|Jhumka Gupta|Anita Raj
Violence against wives, sexual risk and sexually transmitted infection among Bangladeshi men
Harvard University|Harvard University|Harvard University|Harvard University|Boston University
bobjectiveb assess relationship mens reported violence wives sexual risk behaviours sexual health bdesign setting participantsb crosssectional analyses survey nationally representative householdbased sample married men bangladesh n 3096 bmain outcome measuresb physical sexual violence wives previous 12 months assessed examined relations mens extramarital sexual behaviours sexually transmitted infection sti symptoms diagnosis period well mens disclosure infection wives condom use infected bresultsb 1 3 3684 married bangladeshi men reported physically andor sexually abusing wives past year men perpetrating violence likely report premarital extramarital sex partners orsubadjsubs 180345 95 ci 120 823 reporting physical violence likely report sti symptoms diagnosis past year orsubadjsubs 168252 95 ci 124 373 men perpetrating physical violence contracting sti somewhat likely fail disclose infection status wives orsubadjsub 158 95 ci 093 270 infected men reporting abuse bconclusionsb violence wives common among bangladeshi men men perpetrate abuse represent increased risk regarding wives sexual health likely participate extramarital sexual behaviour contract sti compared nonabusive husbands given growing epidemic hiv infection among monogamous south asian women based intercourse infected nonmonogamous husbands research intervention regarding mens violence marriage implications behaviour womens sexual health prioritised