Violence against wives, sexual risk and sexually transmitted infection among Bangladeshi men

OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between men's reported violence against wives and their sexual risk behaviours and sexual health. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Cross-sectional analyses of a survey of a nationally representative household-based sample of married men in Bangladesh (n = 3096). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Physical and sexual violence against wives during the previous 12 months was assessed and examined for relations to men's extramarital sexual behaviours and sexually transmitted infection (STI) symptoms or diagnosis during this same period, as well as to men's disclosure of such infection to wives and condom use while infected. RESULTS: More than 1 in 3 (36.84%) married Bangladeshi men reported physically and/or sexually abusing their wives in the past year. Men perpetrating such violence…