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The IPV-GBM Scale: a new scale to measure intimate partner violence among gay and bisexual men

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Hubert Department of Global Health. The IPV-GBM Scale: a new scale to measure intimate partner violence among gay and bisexual men. Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Hubert Department of Global Health Atlanta, GA, USA.

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The IPV-GBM Scale: a new scale to measure intimate partner violence among gay and bisexual men

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  1. Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Hubert Department of Global Health The IPV-GBM Scale: a new scale to measure intimate partner violence among gay and bisexual men Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Hubert Department of Global Health Atlanta, GA, USA Rob Stephenson, PhD Catherine Finneran, MPH

  2. HIV among MSM: A Syndemic Theory

  3. Prevalence of IPV among MSM (Lifetime) 0 100 0 0 0 Sexual 100 100 100 Emotional/Psychological Physical Any 38% 13% 5% 30% 73% 12% 78% 29%

  4. Definitions of IPV 18 different definitions used

  5. IPV and HIV in MSM

  6. What do gay and bisexual men conceptualize as Intimate Partner Violence?

  7. Methods • Focus Group Discussions in Atlanta, GA • Seven FGDs (n=83) • Three Black/African-American, one White, one mixed • Questions surrounding what constituted partner violence, based off of the CTS • De-identified, transcribed, analyzed using MaxQDA

  8. HIV-Related IPV

  9. Methods • CASI Survey (n=1,074) • Venue-Based Sampling • >160 venues in sampling frame • Gay Pride, gay bookstores, gay bars, gay bathhouses, downtown areas, urban parks, etc. • August – December 2011 • 51% non-white, 51% college educated, 27% HIV+, 10% bisexual • Rotational Factor Analysis

  10. Physical & Sexual Monitoring Controlling HIV-Related Emotional

  11. Physical & Sexual Physical & Sexual Physical & Sexual Monitoring Controlling HIV-Related Emotional

  12. Physical & Sexual Monitoring Monitoring Controlling HIV-Related Emotional

  13. Physical & Sexual Monitoring Controlling Controlling Controlling HIV-Related Emotional

  14. Physical & Sexual Monitoring Controlling HIV-Related HIV-Related HIV-Related Emotional

  15. Physical & Sexual Monitoring Controlling HIV-Related Emotional Emotional

  16. Physical & Sexual Monitoring Controlling HIV-Related Emotional

  17. **p < 0.0001

  18. Conclusions • IPV-GBM Scale reflects lived realities of GBM • IPV-GBM Scale has five factors with high reliability • IPV-GBM Scale captured higher prevalence of IPV • Asscoiated with UAI at last sex for experience of IPV

  19. Next Steps • Next steps • Validate the scale with geographically diverse populations • Examine associations with other syndemics (e.g., drug use) • Examine strength of associations with subscales • Possible benefits of IPV-GBM scale? • Can be completed in 10 minutes • 6th-grade reading level • Can use entire scale or selection of subscales

  20. Acknowledgements • projectLUST Participants • projectLUST Staff • projectLUST Support • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, Grant #5R21HD066306-02. • Emory CFAR: P30 AI050409

  21. Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Hubert Department of Global Health The IPV-GBM Scale: a new scale to measure intimate partner violence among gay and bisexual men Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Hubert Department of Global Health Atlanta, GA, USA Rob Stephenson, PhD Catherine Finneran, MPH

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