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Document 0833
DOCN M9550833
TI Urban rape survivors: characteristics and prevalence of human
immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections.
Multicenter Crack Cocaine and HIV Infection Study Team.
DT 9505
AU Irwin KL; Edlin BR; Wong L; Faruque S; McCoy HV; Word C; Schilling R;
McCoy CB; Evans PE; Holmberg SD; Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
SO Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Mar;85(3):330-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/95166474
AB OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of recent rape, the
characteristics or recent rape survivors, and the seroprevalence of
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), syphilis, and genital herpes (HSV-2)
among recent rape survivors. METHODS: We surveyed women 18-29 years old
who were recruited from places unassociated with medical or drug
treatment or the criminal justice system in three urban communities
where illicit drug use is common. We compared characteristics and HIV,
syphilis, and HSV-2 seroprevalence of women who reported recent rape
with those of women who denied recent rape. RESULTS: One hundred
fifty-one of 1104 (13.7%) women reported having been raped in the year
before our interview. Rape survivors were more likely than women who
denied recent rape to smoke crack cocaine (86.8 versus 56.7%; odds ratio
[OR] 5.0, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.2-7.8), to be homeless (17.2
versus 6.1%; OR 3.2, CI 2.0-5.2), to report a recent sexually
transmitted disease (38.7 versus 18.7%; OR 2.7, CI 1.9-3.9), and to be
infected with syphilis (42.4 versus 28.4%; OR 1.9, CI 1.3-2.6) and HSV-2
(71.9 versus 57.5%; OR 1.9, CI 1.3-2.8). Survivors were more likely to
acknowledge any HIV risk behavior (including sex work) (85.4 versus
49.5%; OR 5.9, CI 3.9-9.0) and to be HIV-infected (23.3 versus 13.4%; OR
1.9, CI 1.3-2.9). Rape was not independently associated with HIV (OR
0.8, 95% CI 0.4-1.3), syphilis (OR 0.9, 95% CI 0.6-1.3), or HSV-2 (OR
1.3, 95% CI 0.9-2.0) infections after adjustment for confounding
factors. CONCLUSION: One in seven women reported being raped recently.
Rape was most common among sex workers, crack smokers, and the homeless.
Most survivors reported HIV risk behaviors, and many were HIV-infected.
Programs to prevent repeated rape, voluntary HIV counseling and testing,
and other medical and social services may benefit survivors in these and
similar communities.
DE Adolescence Adult Case-Control Studies *Crack Cocaine Female
Florida/EPIDEMIOLOGY Herpes Genitalis/EPIDEMIOLOGY Human *HIV
Seroprevalence New York City/EPIDEMIOLOGY Prevalence Rape/*STATISTICS
& NUMER DATA Risk Factors San Francisco/EPIDEMIOLOGY Sexually
Transmitted Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Substance
Abuse/*COMPLICATIONS Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Survivors/*STATISTICS
& NUMER DATA Syphilis/EPIDEMIOLOGY Urban Health JOURNAL ARTICLE
MULTICENTER STUDY
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).