Migrants in transit: The importance of monitoring HIV risk among migrant flows at the Mexico-US border

A.P. Martinez-Donate, M.F. Hovell, M.G. Rangel, X. Zhang, C.L. Sipan, C. Magis-Rodriguez and J.E. Gonzalez-Fagoaga

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 497-509

Abstract: We conducted a probability-based survey of migrant flows traveling across the Mexico-US border, and we estimated HIV infection rates, risk behaviors, and contextual factors for migrants representing 5 distinct migration phases. Our results suggest that the influence of migration is not uniform across genders or risk factors. By considering the predeparture, transit, and interception phases of the migration process, our findings complement previous studies on HIV among Mexicanmigrants conducted at the destination and return phases. Monitoring HIV risk among this vulnerable transnational population is critical for better understanding patterns of risk at different points of the migration process and for informing the development of protection policies and programs.

Keywords: adult; attitude to health; complication; epidemiology; ethnology; female; high risk behavior; HIV Infections; human; male; Mexico; migration; prevalence; psychology; questionnaire; sex ratio; sex worker; sexual behavior; statistics and numerical data; substance abuse; transmission; United States, Adult; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; HIV Infections; Humans; Male; Mexico; Prevalence; Risk-Taking; Sex Distribution; Sex Workers; Sexual Behavior; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Surveys and Questionnaires; Transients and Migrants; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302336

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