BMC International Health and Human Rights
Volume 18, Issue 1, 2018

Factors associated with sexual risk taking behavior by precarious urban migrants in French Guiana (Article) (Open Access)

Eubanks A. , Parriault M.C. , Van Melle A. , Basurko C. , Adriouch L. , Cropet C. , Nacher M.*
  • a Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM1424, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, 97300, French Guiana
  • b Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM1424, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, 97300, French Guiana
  • c Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM1424, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, 97300, French Guiana
  • d Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM1424, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, 97300, French Guiana
  • e Coordination Régionale de la Lutte Contre le VIH (COREVIH Guyane), Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, 97300, French Guiana
  • f Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM1424, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, 97300, French Guiana
  • g Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM1424, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, 97300, French Guiana, Coordination Régionale de la Lutte Contre le VIH (COREVIH Guyane), Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, 97300, French Guiana

Abstract

Background: French Guiana is highly affected by HIV. The migrant population is particularly susceptible. The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of risk of HIV transmission and its perception among migrants in French Guiana and to identify predictive factors. Methods: An HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviors and Practices study was conducted in 2012 among migrants living in precarious neighborhoods of French Guiana. Results: Of the 1039 participants surveyed, 893 were analyzed, of which 35.6% had risky sex during the past 12 months. Sexual risk taking was higher among the migrant population than in the general population. The predictors of sexual risk taking behavior were: younger age groups, males, having a job, not living with a spouse, having first had sex before age 16, using alcohol or drugs before sex, and having engaged in commercial sex recently. The factors associated with not being aware of one's risk were: being a woman, being from Guyana or Suriname, non-systematic use of condoms with a regular partner, and never or not recently having been tested for HIV. Conclusions: The results suggest there is still a need for information on HIV risks in a highly vulnerable population. © 2018 The Author(s).

Author Keywords

Migrants Sexual risk French Guiana Risk perception HIV

Index Keywords

Vulnerable Populations vulnerable population perception urban population urban area HIV Infections transmission sexual behavior Human immunodeficiency virus infection human statistics and numerical data controlled study neighborhood Cross-Sectional Studies condom use Surveys and Questionnaires population size cross-sectional study Humans Suriname male female observational study questionnaire population research Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Article high risk behavior Risk-Taking French Guiana Guyana adult migration age sex factor Sex Factors Age Factors Transients and Migrants attitude to health
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048157285&doi=10.1186%2fs12914-018-0164-4&partnerID=40&md5=6e823987d532285a736d4d2796ff0a2a
DOI: 10.1186/s12914-018-0164-4
ISSN: 1472698X
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English