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Risk behaviours for HIV infection among travelling Mexican migrants: The Mexico-US border as a contextual risk factor
Global public health, v 12(1), pp 65-83
01 Jan 2017
PMID: 26878494
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Abstract
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<.05). Male border migrants were more likely to engage in sex, and have unprotected sex, with female sex workers during their recent stay on the border compared to other contexts (rate ratio = 3.0 and 6.6, respectively, p<.05). Binational and intensified interventions targeting Mexican migrants should be deployed in the Mexican border region to address migration related HIV transmission in Mexico and the USA.
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- Title
- Risk behaviours for HIV infection among travelling Mexican migrants: The Mexico-US border as a contextual risk factor
- Creators
- Xiao Zhang - University of Wisconsin–MadisonAna P. Martinez-Donate - Drexel UniversityNorma-Jean E. Simon - University of Wisconsin–MadisonMelbourne F. Hovell - San Diego State UniversityMaria Gudelia Rangel - d Department of Population Studies , North Frontier College , Tijuana , Mexico.Carlos Magis-Rodriguez - e Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Center, HIV/AIDS Program , Mexico City , Mexico.Carol L. Sipan - University of California, Merced
- Publication Details
- Global public health, v 12(1), pp 65-83
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 19
- Grant note
- P2C HD047873 / Center For Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison - NIH/NICHD R01 HD046886 / National Institute of Child and Human Development; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) R01HD046886 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000388715600005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84958033404
- Other Identifier
- 991019169399104721
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