AIDS and Behavior
Volume 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1641-1648

Prevalence of HIV risk behaviors among undocumented central american immigrant women in houston, Texas (Article)

Montealegre J.R.* , Risser J.M. , Selwyn B.J. , McCurdy S.A. , Sabin K.
  • a Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, MS: BCM 305, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, United States
  • b Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States
  • c Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States
  • d Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States
  • e Vietnam Country Office, World Health Organization, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Abstract

Undocumented Central American immigrants in the United States are disproportionately affected by HIV infection. However, epidemiological data on sexual behaviors among undocumented women are sparse and the extent to which behaviors vary by duration of residence in the U.S.is largely unknown. In 2010, we used respondent driven sampling to conduct an HIV behavioral survey among Central American immigrant women residing in Houston, Texas without a valid U.S. visa or residency papers. Here we describe the prevalence of sexual risk behaviors and compare recent (5 years or less in the U.S.) and established immigrants (over 5 years in the U.S.) to elucidate changes in sexual risk behaviors over time. Our data suggest that recent immigrants have less stable sexual partnerships than established immigrants, as they are more likely to have multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships, as well as partnerships of shorter duration. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

Respondent driven sampling HIV risk Central American immigrants HIV behavioral surveys Risk behaviors

Index Keywords

HIV Infections sexual behavior Human immunodeficiency virus infection psychological aspect human sexuality middle aged statistics Sexual Partners condom Condoms Health Surveys Central America ethnology United States Young Adult Humans Adolescent Emigrants and Immigrants female Socioeconomic Factors risk factor Risk Factors socioeconomics prevalence Article high risk behavior disease transmission Risk-Taking adult migration legal aspect Utilization Review Transients and Migrants Texas health survey
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84865179066&doi=10.1007%2fs10461-011-0130-9&partnerID=40&md5=3be4bed88bdc11332be6a17d6b7d2265
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0130-9
ISSN: 10907165
Cited by: 19
Original Language: English