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Pre- and postnatal exposure to intimate partner violence among South African HIV-infected mothers and infant developmental functioning at 12 months of age
- Source :
- Archives of Women's Mental Health. 21:707-713
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.
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Abstract
- In rural South Africa, pregnant HIV-infected women report high rates of psychological (55%) and physical (20%) intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV increases the risk of infant developmental delays. Such delays may have negative socioemotional and cognitive outcomes throughout the lifespan. This paper assesses the relationship between IPV and infant development in rural South Africa. The present investigation was a cross-sectional add-on follow-up designed retrospectively. A randomly selected sub-sample of mothers from the main randomized controlled trial (n = 72) were asked to participate with their infants at 12 months of age; all women invited agreed to participate. Women were 18.35 ± 5.47 weeks pregnant; demographics, HIV disclosure status, and pre- and postnatal IPV measured via the Conflict Tactics Scale during pregnancy at baseline and 12 months post-partum were assessed. Infant HIV serostatus and developmental functioning at 12 months of age were assessed. Women were a mean age of 29 ± 2 years. One third had completed at least 12 years of education and had a monthly income of ~ US$76. At 12 months post-partum, 6% of infants tested HIV seropositive. Postnatal physical IPV was associated with delays in cognitive and receptive language development p < 0.05, but only in unadjusted analyses. This study identified an association between early IPV exposure and infant cognitive and receptive communication delays. Given the small sample size, findings support replication. Longitudinal studies are needed to confirm temporal order and identify appropriate timing for interventions in HIV-exposed infants.
- Subjects :
- Male
Rural Population
Developmental Disabilities
Psychological intervention
Intimate Partner Violence
Mothers
HIV Infections
law.invention
South Africa
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Child Development
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
law
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Exposure to Violence
Conflict tactics scale
Socioemotional selectivity theory
business.industry
05 social sciences
Infant
Obstetrics and Gynecology
medicine.disease
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Domestic violence
Female
Serostatus
business
050104 developmental & child psychology
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14351102 and 14341816
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Women's Mental Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eeec8bcca96e3ef7a9b21700348ea20d