html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xml:lang="en"
>
<head>
<title>
Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine | Risk
</title>
<meta name="keywords"
content="Africa, Public Health Magazine, global health, infectious disease, health, Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, \ J. Klag, education, magazine, news, spring, 2008, public health"
>
<meta name="description"
content="Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine, Spring 2008 Online Edition"
>
<meta name="date"
content="Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:52:41 GMT"
>
<meta name="generator"
content="Office of Communications"
>
<link rel="shortcut icon"
href="http://www.jhsph.edu/bin/v/z/jhsph.ico"
>
<link rel="alternate"
type="application/rss+xml"
title="RSS"
href="http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/pr/newsRSS.xml"
>
type="application/rss+xml"
title="RSS"
href="http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/pr/newsRSS.xml"
>
<link href="/2008/Spring/_includes/features.css"
type="text/css"
media="screen"
rel="stylesheet"
>
<link href="/2008/Spring/_includes/print.css"
type="text/css"
media="print"
rel="stylesheet"
>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/_includes/js/external.js"
>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/_includes/js/flashobject.js"
>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/_includes/js/common_functions.js"
>
</script>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=ABQIAAAA9pRfVUV3SECiK5IIiqjN8RTbehYWbOWmYUyFvXErUnaX_g3iuRSOYnv7GNM_1rBcCfUqHm1EQHpTMA"
type="text/javascript"
>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
>
google.load("prototype", "1.6.0.3");
google.load("scriptaculous", "1.8.2");
</script>
<script src="http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/_includes/js/overlay.js"
type="text/javascript"
>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
>
// function unsetOverlay() {
// if(overlay) {
// overlay.hide();
// }
// }
function checkRadio(inp) {
if(inp == 'yes') {
document.getElementById("cse-search-box").as_q.value='inurl:http://magazine.jhsph.edu/ OR inurl:http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/magazine/';
} else {
document.getElementById("cse-search-box").as_q.value='';
}
}
</script>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/_includes/css/overlay.css"
type="text/css"
>
<style type="text/css"
>
style type="text/css"
>
input.textFieldInput {
width:60%;
float:left;
}
div.hiddenDiv {
display:none;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript"
>
</head>
function OnLoad(f_q,f_cx,f_ie,f_epq) {
// Create a search control
var searchControl = new google.search.SearchControl();
searchControl.setResultSetSize(google.search.Search.LARGE_RESULTSET);
//Type of search format
options = new google.search.SearcherOptions();
options.setExpandMode(google.search.SearchControl.EXPAND_MODE_OPEN);
// create websearch
var wse = new google.search.WebSearch();
wse.setSiteRestriction(f_cx);
//var ise = new google.search.ImageSearch();
//ise.setSiteRestriction(f_cx);
//var drawOptions = new google.search.DrawOptions();
//drawOptions.setDrawMode(google.search.SearchControl.DRAW_MODE_TABBED);
// if there's a subsection to add to the search
if(f_epq != '') {
wse.setQueryAddition(f_epq);
}
// create searchers
searchControl.addSearcher(wse,options);
//searchControl.addSearcher(ise);
// searchControl.addSearcher(new google.search.VideoSearch());
// searchControl.addSearcher(new google.search.
BlogSearch());
// searchControl.addSearcher(new google.search.NewsSearch());
// searchControl.addSearcher(new google.search.ImageSearch());
// searchControl.addSearcher(new google.search.BookSearch());
// searchControl.addSearcher(new google.search.PatentSearch());
// create our searchers' target.
var dlgBx = document.getElementById('cse-search-results');
dlgBx.innerHTML = '';
Element.insert(dlgBx,new Element("div", {id:'cdDiv',className:"closeDialog"}));
Element.insert(document.getElementById('cdDiv'),new Element("span", {id:"cDia",className:"closeDialog"}));
document.getElementById('cDia').innerHTML="close";
Element.insert(dlgBx,new Element("div", {id:"srCnt",className:"srContainer"}));
searchControl.draw(document.getElementById('srCnt'));
searchControl.setLinkTarget(google.search.Search.LINK_TARGET_SELF);
searchControl.execute(f_q);
var ovrly = new DialogOverlay(dlgBx);
ovrly.show();
// Search!
}
function loadSearch(f_q,f_cx,f_ie,f
_epq) {
google.load("search", "1", {
"callback" : function() {
OnLoad(f_q,f_cx,f_ie,f_epq);
}
});
}
</script>
<body>
</html>
<div id="aligner"
>
<table id="mainContainer"
cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0"
>
</div>
table id="mainContainer"
cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0"
>
<tr>
<td class="banner"
>
<img src="/2008/Spring/_images/header_small.gif"
width="700"
height="104"
alt="Public Health Magazine"
>
</td>
img src="/2008/Spring/_images/header_small.gif"
width="700"
height="104"
alt="Public Health Magazine"
>
<td class="banner2"
rowspan="2"
>
</tr>
<img src="/2008/Spring/_images/issue.gif"
width="150"
height="128"
alt="Issue"
>
</td>
img src="/2008/Spring/_images/issue.gif"
width="150"
height="128"
alt="Issue"
>
<tr>
<td id="topMainnav"
>
</tr>
<a href="#mainFeature"
title="skip main navigation"
>
</a>
<ul class="topNav"
>
</td>
<li class="homeLink"
>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/"
title="Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health"
>
www.jhsph.edu
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/default.cfm"
title="Home"
>
Home
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/contents/"
title="Contents"
>
Contents
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/departments/letters/"
title="Introduction"
>
Introduction
</a>
</li>
<li class="selected"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/biology/conceptual_problems/"
title="Sections"
>
Sections
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/online_extras/"
title="Online Extras"
>
Online Extras
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/departments/open_mike/"
title="Departments"
>
Departments
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/archive.cfm"
title="Archives"
>
Archives
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
</ul>
<a href="/2008/Spring/sex_quiz/"
title="Quiz"
>
Quiz
</a>
</li>
<tr>
<td id="subnav"
>
<a href="#mainFeature"
title="skip sub-navigation"
>
</a>
<div id="topSubnav"
>
</td>
<ul class="topSubNav"
>
</div>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/biology/conceptual_problems/"
title="Biology"
>
Biology
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/age/generation_sex/"
title="Age"
>
Age
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/culture/living/"
title="Culture"
>
Culture
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
</ul>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/sexual/"
title="Risk"
>
Risk
</a>
</li>
<td id="thisIssue"
>
</tr>
<a href="/2008/Spring/web_forms/subscribe.cfm"
title="Subscribe"
class="issueLink"
>
Subscribe
</a>
</td>
<tr>
<td>
<table id="mainContent"
cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0"
>
</td>
table id="mainContent"
cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0"
>
<tr>
</table>
<td id="leftNavigation"
valign="top"
>
<!-- request subsection id = 130 -->
<h2>
Risk
</h2>
<div id="leftTitleBorder"
>
</div>
<a href="#mainFeature"
title="skip feature navigation"
>
</a>
<div id="leftItems"
>
</td>
<ul>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/healthy_sexual_beings/?subsection_id=130"
title="Healthy, Sexual Beings (essay)"
>
Healthy, Sexual Beings (essay)
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/sexual/?subsection_id=130"
title="Sexual Healing"
>
Sexual Healing
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/std_king/?subsection_id=130"
title="STD King"
>
STD King
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/world_of_risk/?subsection_id=130"
title="A World of Risk"
>
A World of Risk
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/depression_hivs_ally/?subsection_id=130"
title="Depression: HIV's Ally"
>
Depression: HIV's Ally
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/gauging_sexual_risk/?subsection_id=130"
title="Gauging Sexual Risk"
>
Gauging Sexual Risk
</a>
</li>
<li class="selected"
>
Sexual Abuse's Link to HIV
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/family_planning/?subsection_id=130"
title="Why Has Family Planning Become Almost Invisible as a Public Health Issue?"
>
Why Has Family Planning Become Almost Invisible as a Public Health Issue?
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/sex_workers/?subsection_id=130"
title="Sex Workers"
>
Sex Workers
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/two_perspectives_hiv/?subsection_id=130"
title="2 Perspectives on HIV Testing"
>
2 Perspectives on HIV Testing
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/abortion_first_understand/?subsection_id=130"
title="Abortion: First, Understand"
>
Abortion: First, Understand
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/abortions_stigma/?subsection_id=130"
title="Abortion's Stigma"
>
Abortion's Stigma
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/abortion_debate/?subsection_id=130"
title="What's Been Overlooked in America's Decades-Long Abortion Debate?"
>
What's Been Overlooked in America's Decades-Long Abortion Debate?
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/surprise_pakistan/?subsection_id=130"
title="A Surprise in Pakistan"
>
A Surprise in Pakistan
</a>
</li>
<li class="navigation"
>
</ul>
<a href="/2008/Spring/risk/nafis_sadik/?subsection_id=130"
title="8 Questions for Nafis Sadik"
>
8 Questions for Nafis Sadik
</a>
</li>
<li>
</div>
<a href="mailto:editor@jhsph.edu"
title="Email the Editor"
>
Email the Editor
</a>
</li>
<td valign="top"
id="mainFeature"
>
</tr>
<div id="storyImage"
>
<img src="/2008/Spring/risk/_images/sexual_abuse_hiv.jpg"
width="551"
height="367"
alt="Risk"
>
</div>
img src="/2008/Spring/risk/_images/sexual_abuse_hiv.jpg"
width="551"
height="367"
alt="Risk"
>
<div id="storyImageCaption"
>
<ul>
</div>
<li class="links"
>
</ul>
<a href="#"
onclick="window.print()"
title="Print"
>
Print
</a>
|
<a href="/2008/Spring/web_forms/SendPageLink.cfm?pageTitle=Sexual Abuse's Link to HIV"
title="Email"
>
Email
</a>
</li>
<div id="storyTitle"
>
<h1>
Sexual Abuse's Link to HIV
</h1>
<p>
By Jackie Powder
</p>
</div>
<div id="storyText"
>
<p>
Having sex with me does not cure AIDS." The Zambian billboard message, which features a young girl, acknowledges a dangerous myth in sub-Saharan Africa: Having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS.
</p>
<p>
It also offers a snapshot of the vulnerability of young Zambian girls.
</p>
<p>
The
p>
The
<a href="http://sph.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=391&Itemid=491"
title="Applied Mental Health Research Group (AMHR)"
rel="external"
>
Applied Mental Health Research Group (AMHR)
</a>
—a collaboration of Bloomberg School and Boston University researchers—is spearheading projects in Zambia to understand the overlap between child sexual abuse and HIV, and identify mental health service needs. AMHR, dedicated to implementing evidence-based mental health assessments and services in low-resource countries, includes Laura Murray, PhD, a Boston University assistant professor who oversees the efforts in Zambia,
<a href="http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=71"
title="Paul Bolton"
>
Paul Bolton
</a>
, MBBS, MPH, a research associate at the Bloomberg School's
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/refugee"
title="Center for Refugee and Disaster Response"
>
Center for Refugee and Disaster Response
</a>
, and
<a href="http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=1611"
title="Judith Bass"
>
Judith Bass
</a>
, PhD '04, assistant professor of
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/mh"
title="Mental Health"
>
Mental Health
</a>
.
</p>
<p>
A history of child sexual abuse may predispose individuals to engage in risky sexual behaviors, and studies show higher proportions of child sexual abuse among HIV-positive women than in the general population.
</p>
<p>
In Zambia, AMHR conducted a qualitative study of HIV-affected women and children in a high-poverty "compound" outside of Lusaka and found that 40 percent of the women reported sexual abuse or "defilement" as a problem for children.
</p>
<p>
The findings led to a collaboration with a child abuse clinic at Lusaka's University Teaching Hospital. Data from AMHR-developed intake and mental health evaluation forms will help clinic staff to better understand child abuse in the region.
</p>
<p>
"Treating child sex abuse needs to be studied as a preventive measure for HIV risk behavior," says Murray. "It's a neglected area that we could be working on much more aggressively," she says.
</p>
<div id="end"
>
</div>
</div>
<div id="activeLinks"
>
</td>
<div id="bookMarks"
>
<script type="text/javascript"
>
</div>
buildBookmarks();</script>
<ul>
</div>
<li>
</ul>
<a href="/2008/Spring/web_forms/priority_forum.cfm"
title="Online Forum: Sex, Health & the President"
>
Online Forum: Sex, Health the President
</a>
</li>
<td valign="top"
id="rightBar"
>
</tr>
<div id="Giving"
>
<h2>
Support JHSPH
</h2>
<p>
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health strives every day to keep millions of people around the world safe from injury or illness.
</div>
<br>
<br>
<a rel="external"
title="Make a Gift"
href="http://www.jhsph.edu/giving/"
>
</p>
<img src="http://www.jhsph.edu/bin/a/p/make_a_gift.gif"
alt="Make a Gift"
>
</a>
img src="http://www.jhsph.edu/bin/a/p/make_a_gift.gif"
alt="Make a Gift"
>
<div id="news"
>
<h2>
Public Health News
</h2>
<p>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2010/borzekowski_e-ana_websites.html"
title="Study Examines Pro-Anorexia and Pro-Bulimia Websites"
>
Study Examines Pro-Anorexia and Pro-Bulimia Websites
</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href=""
title="Researchers Discover Additional Benefit of Vitamin A"
>
Researchers Discover Additional Benefit of Vitamin A
</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2010/rasgon_gates.html"
title="Bloomberg School Receives $100K Grand Challenges Explorations Grant"
>
Bloomberg School Receives $100K Grand Challenges Explorations Grant
</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2010/beyrer_burma.html"
title="Hardship and Human Rights Violations Continue among Burma Cyclone Survivors"
>
Hardship and Human Rights Violations Continue among Burma Cyclone Survivors
</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2010/boult_health_affairs.html"
title="Experts Call for Changes to Medical Education Policy to Prepare for Aging America"
>
Experts Call for Changes to Medical Education Policy to Prepare for Aging America
</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2010/adolescent_guide.html"
title="Myths about Teens Busted in New Guide for Parents"
>
Myths about Teens Busted in New Guide for Parents
</a>
</p>
<p>
</div>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2010/baker_older_injury_deaths.html"
title="Fatal Injuries Increase in Older Americans"
>
Fatal Injuries Increase in Older Americans
</a>
</p>
<div id="searchTitle"
>
<h2>
Search
</h2>
</div>
<div id="Search"
>
<div id="searchWindow"
title="Search Window"
>
</div>
<div class="searchformDiv"
>
<form action="http://www.google.com/cse"
id="cse-search-box"
method="get"
onsubmit="loadSearch(this.q.value,this.cx.value,this.ie.value,this.as_q.value); return false;"
>
</div>
<div class="searchformContent"
>
<div class="hiddenItems"
>
<input type="hidden"
name="cx"
value="017423984450203939999:ifdaoajlq-m"
>
input type="hidden"
name="cx"
value="017423984450203939999:ifdaoajlq-m"
>
<input type="hidden"
name="ie"
value="UTF-8"
>
input type="hidden"
name="ie"
value="UTF-8"
>
<input type="hidden"
name="as_q"
value="inurl:http://magazine.jhsph.edu/ OR inurl:http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/magazine/"
>
</div>
input type="hidden"
name="as_q"
value="inurl:http://magazine.jhsph.edu/ OR inurl:http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/magazine/"
>
<input type="text"
id="q"
name="q"
class="textFieldInput"
value="Search"
onfocus="this.value='';"
>
onfocus="this.value='';"
>
<span class="buttonInput"
>
</div>
<input style="float:left;margin-left:4px;"
type="submit"
name="sa"
value="go"
>
</span>
input style="float:left;margin-left:4px;"
type="submit"
name="sa"
value="go"
>
<div class="searchOptions"
>
</form>
<div class="searchOption"
>
</div>
<input type="radio"
name="sOptions"
value="yes"
onclick="checkRadio(this.value);"
checked="checked"
>
input type="radio"
name="sOptions"
value="yes"
onclick="checkRadio(this.value);"
checked="checked"
>
<span class="Search_Text"
>
This section only
</span>
<br>
<input type="radio"
name="sOptions"
value="no"
onclick="checkRadio(this.value);"
>
input type="radio"
name="sOptions"
value="no"
onclick="checkRadio(this.value);"
>
<span class="Search_Text"
>
Entire site
</span>
</div>
<div class="hiddenDiv"
>
</div>
<div id="cse-search-results"
>
</div>
</div>
<div id="university"
title="Johns Hopkins University"
>
</div>
</td>
<tr>
<td id="bottomNav"
colspan="2"
>
</tr>
<div id="schoolLinks"
>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews"
title="Public Health News Center"
>
Public Health News Center
</a>
|
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/"
title="Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health"
>
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
</a>
|
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/giving/"
rel="external"
title="Support JHSPH"
>
Support JHSPH
</a>
|
<a href="http://ocw.jhsph.edu/"
title="JHSPH OpenCourseWare"
rel="external"
>
JHSPH OpenCourseWare
</a>
</div>
<div id="compliantLinks"
>
</td>
<a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://magazine.jhsph.edu/2008/Spring/risk/sexual_abuse_hiv/default.cfm?"
title="XHTML"
rel="external"
>
XHTML
</a>
|
<a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http://magazine.jhsph.edu/2008/Spring/risk/sexual_abuse_hiv/default.cfm?&usermedium=all"
title="CSS"
rel="external"
>
CSS
</a>
|
<a href="http://valet.webthing.com/access/htnorm?url=http://magazine.jhsph.edu/2008/Spring/risk/sexual_abuse_hiv/default.cfm?&suite=SECTION508&xslt=compact"
title="508"
rel="external"
>
508
</a>
</div>
<tr>
</table>
<td id="footer"
colspan="2"
>
</tr>
<div id="footerText"
>
© 2010, Johns Hopkins University. All rights reserved.
<br>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/resources/web_policies"
title="Web policies"
>
Web policies
</a>
, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, 410-955-6878
</div>
<div id="footerLogo"
>
</td>
<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/"
title="Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health"
>
</div>
<img src="/2008/Spring/_images/logo.gif"
width="208"
height="64"
alt="Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health"
>
</a>
img src="/2008/Spring/_images/logo.gif"
width="208"
height="64"
alt="Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health"
>
<script type="text/javascript"
>
//<![CDATA[
var gConvert=true;
var gFpc="WT_FPC";
var gDomain="esgwtdc.nts.jhu.edu";
var gDoms = "jhsphmag.nts.jhu.edu";
var gDcsId="dcsg0oz2v10000w4tmzc10kjv_9m8x";
if ((typeof(gConvert)!="undefined")&&gConvert&&(document.cookie.indexOf(gFpc+"=")==-1)&&(document.cookie.indexOf("WTLOPTOUT=")==-1)){
document.write("<SCR"+"IPT TYPE='text/javascript' SRC='"+"http"+(window.location.protocol.indexOf('https:')==0?'s':'')+"://"+gDomain+"/"+gDcsId+"/wtid.js"+"'><\/SCR"+"IPT>");
}
//]]>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/_includes/js/dcs_tag2.js"
>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
>
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
>
</body>
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-2576482-2");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
pageTracker._setDomainName(".jhsph.edu");
</script>