Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Among Youth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Received 10 June 2008; accepted 24 September 2008. published online 11 November 2008.

Abstract

We examine sexual violence and reproductive health outcomes among sexually experienced youth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, using the Priorities for Local AIDS Control methodology to identify participants in locations where sexual partnerships are formed. Our findings indicated that sexual violence is common and is significantly associated with condom use, pregnancy experience, and recent sexually transmitted infection symptoms.

Keywords: Sexual violence, Condom use, Pregnancy, STI symptoms, Haiti

a Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

b Fondation pour la Santé Reproductrice et l'Education Familiale (FOSREF), Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Address correspondence to: Ilene S. Speizer, Ph.D., Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 206 W. Franklin Street, CB 8120, Chapel Hill, NC 27516.

PII: S1054-139X(08)00427-8

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.09.012

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