TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV/AIDS knowledge and prevention programming in domestic violence shelters
T2 - How are we doing?
AU - Rountree, Michele A.
AU - Goldbach, Jeremy
AU - Bent-Goodley, Tricia
AU - Bagwell, Meredith
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Domestic violence shelters (n = 59) in two southwestern states were surveyed about their services related to HIV prevention. Variables included organizational characteristics, agency protocols and practices, HIV/AIDS prevention programming, staffs' HIV/AIDS knowledge, and staffs' attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS prevention for women exposed to intimate partner violence. In this exploratory, descriptive study results indicated that most shelters had a significant awareness of how HIV/AIDS is transmitted, but few shelters offered testing (17%) or sexual safety planning (20%). Results also showed that eighty-one percent of respondents believe that HIV/AIDS educational prevention programs could be effective in protecting abused women from contracting HIV/AIDS. However, less than half (46%) of the respondents reported that they disseminate HIV/AIDS information to all women in the shelter.
AB - Domestic violence shelters (n = 59) in two southwestern states were surveyed about their services related to HIV prevention. Variables included organizational characteristics, agency protocols and practices, HIV/AIDS prevention programming, staffs' HIV/AIDS knowledge, and staffs' attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS prevention for women exposed to intimate partner violence. In this exploratory, descriptive study results indicated that most shelters had a significant awareness of how HIV/AIDS is transmitted, but few shelters offered testing (17%) or sexual safety planning (20%). Results also showed that eighty-one percent of respondents believe that HIV/AIDS educational prevention programs could be effective in protecting abused women from contracting HIV/AIDS. However, less than half (46%) of the respondents reported that they disseminate HIV/AIDS information to all women in the shelter.
KW - Domestic violence shelters
KW - HIV prevention
KW - HIV/AIDS knowledge
KW - Intimate partner violence
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79951973320
U2 - 10.1080/15381501.2011.549068
DO - 10.1080/15381501.2011.549068
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951973320
SN - 1538-1501
VL - 10
SP - 42
EP - 54
JO - Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services
JF - Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services
IS - 1
ER -