Risk behaviours for HIV infection among travelling Mexican migrants: The Mexico–US border as a contextual risk factor
| Autor: | Ana P. Martinez-Donate, Xiao Zhang, Melbourne F. Hovell, Carol L. Sipan, Maria Gudelia Rangel, Carlos Magis-Rodriguez, Norma-Jean Simon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Substance-Related Disorders Cross-sectional study Sexual Behavior Population Ethnic group Psychological intervention Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Developing country HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Article Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences Risk-Taking 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence Social Norms medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Mexico Transients and Migrants education.field_of_study Insurance Health Sex Workers 030505 public health Risk behaviour Incidence Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health AIDS Serodiagnosis virus diseases social sciences United States Cross-Sectional Studies Sexual Partners Geography Socioeconomic Factors behavior and behavior mechanisms Educational Status population characteristics Female 0305 other medical science Developed country geographic locations Demography |
| Zdroj: | Global Public Health. 12:65-83 |
| ISSN: | 1744-1706 1744-1692 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17441692.2016.1142591 |
| Popis: | The Mexico-US border region is a transit point in the trajectory of Mexican migrants travelling to and from the USA and a final destination for domestic migrants from other regions in Mexico. This region also represents a high-risk environment that may increase risk for HIV among migrants and the communities they connect. We conducted a cross-sectional, population-based survey, in Tijuana, Mexico, and compared Mexican migrants with a recent stay on the Mexico-US border region (Border, n = 553) with migrants arriving at the border from Mexican sending communities (Northbound, n = 1077). After controlling for demographics and migration history, border migrants were more likely to perceive their risk for HIV infection as high in this region and regard this area as a liberal place for sexual behaviours compared to Northbound migrants reporting on their perceptions of the sending communities (p |
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