Exploring AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of female Mexican migrant workers.
Health Soc Work
; 23(2): 96-103, 1998 May.
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ABSTRACT
PIP: According to US Department of Health and Human Services data for 1990, there are approximately 4.1 million migrant workers in the US, mainly of Mexican background. Half of all Mexican immigrants over the past 2 decades have been women. Findings are presented from a December 1992 assessment of AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among a sample of female Mexican migrant laborers in Jalisco, Mexico, a small agricultural sending community 210 km from Guadalajara. The 32 women administered a modified version of the Hispanic Condom Questionnaire were of mean age 34.2 years and had lived and worked in the US since 1982. Women currently living in the US were visiting Jalisco for the Christmas holiday. Although the surveyed women were knowledgeable about the major modes of HIV transmission, 33-50% believed that they could contract AIDS from unlikely casual sources. Respondents reported few negative beliefs about condom use, but actual condom use with sex partners was low and knowledge of proper condom use was inadequate. 42% reported ever using a condom and 75% reported almost never carrying condoms. The implications of these findings are discussed with regard to future research and the provision of services to female Mexican migrants.
Palavras-chave
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Americas; Attitude--women; Behavior; Beliefs--women; Cultural Background; Culture; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Hispanics; Hiv Infections--transmission; Human Resources; Immigrants--women; Knowledge--women; Labor Force; Latin America; Mexico; Migrant Workers--women; Migrants; Migration; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Research Report; Risk Reduction Behavior--women; Rural Population; Sex Behavior--women; United States; Viral Diseases; Women
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Migrantes
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Hispânico ou Latino
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida
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Preservativos
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Soc Work
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos