/channels/taxonomy/term/6948/all en /channels/channels/news/women-experiencing-intimate-partner-violence-three-times-more-likely-contract-hiv-344566 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p> <p>Women who experience recent intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV, according to a new study led by 苹果淫院 researchers. In regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, women face an intersecting epidemic of intimate partner violence and HIV.</p> <p>鈥淲orldwide, more than one in four women experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime," says 苹果淫院 Professor聽<a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/mathieu-maheu-giroux">Mathieu Maheu-Giroux</a>, a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modeling.</p> Thu, 05 Jan 2023 14:13:22 +0000 webfull 185814 at /channels /channels/channels/news/plus-du-quart-des-femmes-sont-victimes-de-violence-conjugale-avant-50-ans-le-devoir-march-31-2022-338881 <p>A study co-authored by Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is featured in <em>Le Devoir.</em></p> Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:25:49 +0000 webfull 179366 at /channels /channels/channels/news/un-taux-mondial-de-violence-conjugale-alarmant-journal-de-montreal-march-29-2022-338789 <p>A study co-authored by Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is featured in <em>Le Journal de Montr茅al.</em></p> Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:08:57 +0000 webfull 179253 at /channels /channels/channels/news/one-four-women-experience-domestic-violence-age-50-338615 <p>Over one in four women (or 27 per cent) experience intimate partner violence before the age of 50, according to a worldwide analysis led by researchers from 苹果淫院 and the World Health Organization. The largest of its kind, the analysis covers 366 studies involving more than 2 million women in 161 countries.</p> Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:45:41 +0000 webfull 178971 at /channels /channels/news/domestic-violence-deters-contraception-244528 <p>Domestic violence takes many forms. The control of a woman鈥檚 reproductive choices by her partner is one of them. A major study published in PLOS One, led by 苹果淫院 PhD student Lauren Maxwell, showed that women who are abused by their partner or ex-partner are much less likely to use contraception; this exposes them to sexually transmitted diseases and leads to more frequent unintended pregnancies and abortions. These findings could influence how physicians provide contraceptive counselling.</p> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:22:42 +0000 webfull 109194 at /channels