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Kilonzo, N, Taegtmeyer, Miriam 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-2536, Molyneux, C, Kibaru, J, Kimonji, V and Theobald, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9053-211X
(2008)
'Engendering health sector responses to sexual violence and HIV in Kenya: Results of a qualitative study'. AIDS Care, Vol 20, Issue 2, pp. 188-190.
Abstract
In Kenya many people who have been affected by sexual violence turn to the health sector for clinical treatment and preventive therapies. This interface provides a vital opportunity to impact on the dual epidemics of HIV and sexual violence. Despite this, the uptake of post-rape care services in health facilities as low and health care providers felt ill-prepared to deal with the consequences of sexual violence. A qualitative study was conducted to better understand the reasons for the low uptake of services and to establish perceptions of sexual violence in Kenya. Thirty-four key informants were interviewed and sixteen focus group discussions with women and men were held in three districts in Kenya. Blurred boundaries between forced and consensual sex emerged. Important implications for the delivery of HIV post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) after sexual violence include the need for gender-aware patient-centred training for health providers and for HIV PEP interventions to strengthen on-going HIV-prevention counselling efforts. Further research needs to determine the feasibility of on-going risk reduction measures in the context of PEP delivery.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 309 Women's health WM Psychiatry > WM 20 Research (General) |
| Faculty: Department: | Groups (2002 - 2012) > Clinical Group Groups (2002 - 2012) > International Health Group |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120701473849 |
| Depositing User: | Users 43 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2010 10:13 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2019 10:51 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1403 |
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