Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors of Sexual Behavior among Migrants in Transition from Mexico to the United States
| Autor: | María Aracely Márquez-Vega, Gabriela Zamora-Carmona, Jesús Alejandro Guerra-Ordoñez, Rogelio Zapata-Garibay, Dora Julia Onofre-Rodríguez, Raquel Alicia Benavides-Torres |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Casual migrants law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine sexual behavior Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Condom law medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Permissive safe sex Original Research 030505 public health business.industry Public health lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health HIV transition Systematic sampling Regression analysis lcsh:RA1-1270 medicine.disease Sexual behavior Public Health 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 5 (2017) Frontiers in Public Health |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00149/full |
| Popis: | Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus /Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in the border region of Mexico due to the flow of migrants under desperate conditions, encouraging casual and unprotected sex. Since this has become a binational public health problem, it is important to understand the factors that predict these sexual behaviors. The aim of the current study was to investigate the facilitators and inhibitors of transition in the sexual behavior of migrants from two border regions on the Mexico–USA border. Methods: This was a predictive and cross-sectional study. A sample of 256 migrants in shelters for migrants on the border between Mexico and the United States (US) were selected through systematic random sampling. Predictor variables investigated for effect on the safe sexual behavior of the migrant were reasons for having sex; sexual attitudes; sexual machismo; knowledge about HIV; access to health services; and social discrimination. Results: The sample was predominantly male (89.5%), with 46.1% reporting being single. The average age was 33.38 years (standard deviation [SD]=9.73) and the average number of years of education reported was 8.05 (SD=3.37). A permissive sexual attitude and sexual machismo both correlated with condom use (rs=0.130, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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