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Can intimate partner violence increase the chance of exposure to HIV?
There are documented links between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV. For instance, people in relationships where IPV is present are 48% more likely to be infected with HIV than those who are not. If the abuser is living with HIV, s/he can increase the risk to the abused partner by:
- engaging in high-risk behaviors like injection drug use;
- forcing/coercing the victim to engage in high-risk behaviors;
- forcing/coercing the victim into having sex; and
- refusing to use protection.1
1 Sullivan TP. The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV: Detection, Disclosure, Discussion, and Implications for Treatment Adherence (May 2019)
