Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique
Volume 42, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 50-57

Aids-related knowledge and practices in migrant populations: The case of Montrealers of Haitian origin (Article)

Adrien A.* , Boivin J.-F. , Hankins C. , Leaune V. , Tousignant Y. , Tremblay J.
  • a Centre for AIDS Studies, Public Health Unit, Montreal General Hospital, Guy Street, Montreal, Que. H3H 2K3, Canada
  • b Centre for AIDS Studies, Public Health Unit, Montreal General Hospital, Guy Street, Montreal, Que. H3H 2K3, Canada
  • c Centre for AIDS Studies, Public Health Unit, Montreal General Hospital, Guy Street, Montreal, Que. H3H 2K3, Canada
  • d Centre for AIDS Studies, Public Health Unit, Montreal General Hospital, Guy Street, Montreal, Que. H3H 2K3, Canada
  • e Centre for AIDS Studies, Public Health Unit, Montreal General Hospital, Guy Street, Montreal, Que. H3H 2K3, Canada
  • f Centre for AIDS Studies, Public Health Unit, Montreal General Hospital, Guy Street, Montreal, Que. H3H 2K3, Canada

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to determine knowledge levels regarding AIDS and its modes of transmission, and to describe sexual behaviour of Montrealers of Haitian origin. A serial cross-sectional study was conducted in three phases between 1987 and 1990. A questionnaire was administered in a face-to-face interview with the exception of the section concerning sexual practices which was self-administered for those respondents who were literate in French. The study was conducted among 775 men and women residing in the metropolitan Montreal region. These individuals were aged 15 to 39, were born in Haiti or had at least one parent born in Haiti. Knowledge levels were high except for misconceptions about HIV transmission through casual contact and mosquito bites. There was a significant association between high risk sexual behaviour and marital status with the odds of having had multiple partners significantly raised for previously married individuals (OR = 5.96, 95% CI = 3.09; 11.50). High risk behaviour was also associated with being under 25 years of age (OR = 2.83, 95% CI = 1.40; 5.74), knowing someone with HIV/AIDS (OR = 1.88, 95% CI = 1.05; 3.37), being male (OR = 6.81, 95% CI = 3.99; 11.60) and earlier year of interview. Montrealers of Haitian origin, with their specific AIDS-related socio-cultural characteristics, constitute a community which is intermediate between their country of origin, Haiti, and their host country, Canada.

Author Keywords

Haitians Practices AIDS-knowledge Migrants

Index Keywords

immigrant sexual behavior Human immunodeficiency virus infection demography Quebec human risk assessment Sexual Partners Odds Ratio Ethnic Groups Confidence Intervals Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Cross-Sectional Studies Haiti Adolescent male Sex Behavior Canada female Article Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Questionnaires adult Support, Non-U.S. Gov't health education virus transmission normal human Emigration and Immigration acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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ISSN: 03987620
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English