Abstract:
Background: Intimate partner violence is a behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual or psychological/emotional harm, even the consequence is worse in women living with HIV.0 There is a growing evidence of connection between HIV infection and intimate partner violence towards women. Intimate partner violence can increase the risk of HIV infection as well as worsen the outcome of the disease. It limits women's ability to negotiate safer sex behaviors such as condom use, affect disclosure of sero-status and accessing treatment, compromise immunity etc. Studies have reported that violence is highly prevalent in HIV-infected women as compared HIV negative women. This thesis employs the WHO conceptualization of IPV which includes women's reported physical, sexual and emotional violence. This area of IPV prevalence and associated factors in HIV infected women is not studied well in Ethiopia. Objective: To assess the prevalence of IPV and associated factors in women living with HIV enrolled in HIV care in Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital. Methods: The dependent variables are physical, emotional and sexual intimate partner violence committed against HIV infected women. A facility based cross sectional study will be conducted in July 1-30, 2014. Totally 428 women living with HIV will be enrolled in the study. The data will be collected using structured questionnaire. Data will be analyzed using SPSS 20. Possible association will be assessed by logistic regression, and strength of association will be measured using odds ratio at 95% Cl. Budget: A total of birr 16,369.00will be invested on the research from June to 1-July 30,