AIDS and Behavior
Volume 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1670-1680

Correlates and contexts of US injection drug initiation among undocumented mexican migrant men who were deported from the United States (Article)

Robertson A.M. , Lozada R. , Pollini R.A. , Rangel G. , Ojeda V.D.*
  • a Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, CA 92093-0507, United States
  • b ISESALUD, Tijuana, Mexico
  • c Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD, United States
  • d El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Secretaría de Salud de México, Tijuana, Mexico
  • e Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, CA 92093-0507, United States

Abstract

Preventing the onset of injection drug use is important in controlling the spread of HIV and other blood borne infections. Undocumented migrants in the United States face social, economic, and legal stressors that may contribute to substance abuse. Little is known about undocumented migrants' drug abuse trajectories including injection initiation. To examine the correlates and contexts of US injection initiation among undocumented migrants, we administered quantitative surveys (N = 309) and qualitative interviews (N = 23) on migration and drug abuse experiences to deported male injection drug users in Tijuana, Mexico. US injection initiation was independently associated with ever using drugs in Mexico pre-migration, younger age at first US migration, and US incarceration. Participants' qualitative interviews contextualized quantitative findings and demonstrated the significance of social contexts surrounding US injection initiation experiences. HIV prevention programs may prevent/delay US injection initiation by addressing socio-economic and migration-related stressors experienced by undocumented migrants. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

Injection drug use injection initiation Undocumented migrants Mexico HIV/AIDS

Index Keywords

prospective study HIV Infections Human immunodeficiency virus infection psychological aspect Prospective Studies human statistics Interview, Psychological Stress, Psychological mental stress Substance-Related Disorders substance abuse Mexico qualitative research interview United States Humans Interviews as Topic male Emigrants and Immigrants female Socioeconomic Factors risk factor Risk Factors socioeconomics questionnaire psychologic test Article prison Prisons Substance Abuse, Intravenous Questionnaires adult Social Environment migration Emigration and Immigration addiction
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84865189259&doi=10.1007%2fs10461-011-0111-z&partnerID=40&md5=b701fd888fba898f9b76cd0739cffb38
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0111-z
ISSN: 10907165
Cited by: 13
Original Language: English