AIDS and Behavior
Volume 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1630-1640

A two-way road: Rates of HIV infection and behavioral risk factors among deported mexican labor migrants (Article)

Rangel M.G. , Martinez-Donate A.P.* , Hovell M.F. , Sipan C.L. , Zellner J.A. , Gonzalez-Fagoaga E. , Kelley N.J. , Asadi-Gonzalez A. , Amuedo-Dorantes C. , Magis-Rodriguez C.
  • a El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
  • b Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 610 Walnut St., 605 WARF, Madison, WI 53726-2397, United States
  • c San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
  • d San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
  • e San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
  • f El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
  • g San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
  • h San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico
  • i San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
  • j Programa de VIH y SIDA de la Ciudad de Mexico, Centro de Investigaciones en Infecciones de Transmision Sexual, Mexico

Abstract

A large number of Mexican migrants are deported to Mexico and released in the North Mexican border region every year. Despite their volume and high vulnerability, little is known about the level of HIV infection and related risk behaviors among this hard-to-reach population. We conducted a cross-sectional, probability survey with deported Mexican migrants in Tijuana, Mexico (N = 693) and estimated levels of HIV infection and behavioral risk factors among this migrant flow. The sample and population estimated rates of HIV for deported males were 1.23 and 0.80 %, respectively. No positive cases were found among the female sample. We found high lifetime rates of reported sexually transmitted infections (22.3 %) and last 12-months rates of unprotected sex (63.0 %), sex with multiple sexual partners (18.1 %), casual partners (25.7 %), and sex workers (8.6 %), compared to U.S. and Mexico adults. HIV prevention, testing, and treatment programs for this large, vulnerable, and transnational population need to be implemented in both the U.S. and Mexico. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

Risk behaviors Deportation HIV Mexican migrants

Index Keywords

HIV Infections sexual behavior Human immunodeficiency virus infection Population Surveillance human sexuality statistics Sexual Partners condom Condoms Mexico Cross-Sectional Studies United States Young Adult cross-sectional study Humans male female risk factor Risk Factors prevalence Article high risk behavior Risk-Taking adult migration Utilization Review Transients and Migrants health survey

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DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0196-z
ISSN: 10907165
Cited by: 18
Original Language: English