Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 19, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 883-890

The Relationship Between Social Support, HIV Serostatus, and Perceived Likelihood of Being HIV Positive Among Self-Settled Female, Foreign Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa (Article)

Giorgio M.* , Townsend L. , Zembe Y. , Cheyip M. , Guttmacher S. , Kapadia F. , Mathews C.
  • a College of Global Public Health, New York University, 411 Lafayette Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003, United States
  • b Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
  • c Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
  • d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pretoria, South Africa
  • e College of Global Public Health, New York University, 411 Lafayette Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003, United States
  • f College of Global Public Health, New York University, 411 Lafayette Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003, United States
  • g Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract

Female cross-border migrants experience elevated risks for HIV, and migrants in South Africa may face additional risks due to the country’s underlying HIV prevalence. These risks may be mitigated by the receipt of social support. A behavioral risk-factor survey was administered using respondent-driven sampling. Multivariable regression models assessed the relationships between social support and two HIV outcomes: HIV serostatus and perceived HIV status. Low social support was not significantly associated with HIV status (aOR = 1.03, 95 % CI 0.43–2.46), but was significantly related to a perception of being HIV positive (aPR = 1.36, 95 % CI 1.04–1.78). Age, marital status, and education level were significantly associated with HIV serostatus. Illegal border-crossing, length of time in South Africa, anal sex, and transactional sex were significantly associated with aperception of being HIV positive. Future research should investigate how HIV risks and the receipt of social support change throughout the migration process. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Social support Migration HIV Gender

Index Keywords

perception HIV Infections sexual behavior Human immunodeficiency virus infection human epidemiology social support ethnology Undocumented Immigrants Cross-Sectional Studies South Africa Young Adult cross-sectional study migrant undocumented immigrant psychology Adolescent Humans Emigrants and Immigrants Acculturation Socioeconomic Factors female risk factor Risk Factors socioeconomics cultural factor high risk behavior adult Social Environment age Age Factors Health Risk Behaviors
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84991781229&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-016-0514-z&partnerID=40&md5=744f98125c6ce50888974139727b3d3e
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0514-z
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English