AIDS and Behavior
Volume 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-201

Immigration status and HIV-risk related behaviors among female sex workers in South America (Article)

Bautista C.T. , Mosquera C. , Serra M. , Gianella A. , Avila M.M. , Laguna-Torres V. , Carr J.K. , Montano S.M. , Sanchez J.L.
  • a U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 1 Taft Court, Rockville, MD 20850, United States, U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, MD, United States
  • b Instituto Nacional de Higiene Y Medicina Tropical Leopoldo Izquieta Perez, Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • c Programa Nacional de Prevención Y Control del VIH/SIDA, Ministerio de Salud, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • d Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales (CENETROP), Santa Cruz, Bolivia
  • e Centro Nacional de Referencia de SIDA (CNRS), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • f U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
  • g Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, MD, United States
  • h U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
  • i Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DoD-GEIS), Silver Spring, MD, United States, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, MD, United States

Abstract

This study compares immigrant (i.e., foreigner) with non-immigrant (i.e., local/native) HIV-related risk behaviors among female sex workers (FSW) in South America. A total of 1,845 FSW were enrolled in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Uruguay. According to their nationality, 10.1% of participants were immigrant FSW. Immigrant FSW were more likely to be younger in Argentina; to work in a disco/bar in Bolivia; to be single and use illegal drugs in Ecuador; and to work in a brothel, consume alcohol, and have sex with foreign clients in Uruguay. HIV-related sexual and drug use behaviors were more common among immigrant FSW in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Uruguay. Country-specific HIV/STI prevention and control programs should be developed for immigrant FSW populations in South America. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

FSW Immigrant migrant HIV Female Behavior

Index Keywords

HIV Seroprevalence Ecuador Argentina HIV Infections sexual behavior Human immunodeficiency virus infection alcohol consumption human risk assessment immigration Health Behavior Uruguay controlled study groups by age South Africa Humans female South America Risk Factors prostitution Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Article high risk behavior infection prevention adult infection risk drug abuse HIV-1 Emigration and Immigration illicit drug Bolivia
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-43149126115&doi=10.1007%2fs10461-007-9270-3&partnerID=40&md5=f00d60ff0a362d33fbc42b6841448d76
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-007-9270-3
ISSN: 10907165
Cited by: 19
Original Language: English