A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, has found HIV-positive Americans are at a higher risk of experiencing domestic violence, with 26.3% reporting facing violence from an intimate partner.
The study, titled Intimate Partner Violence Experienced by Adults With Diagnosed HIV in the US, found of those who had experienced violence at the hands of a partner, 4.4% had done so within the past 12 months.Those who had been homeless at some point within the past year were at a higher risk of violence (37.6%) compared to those who had not (25.2%).