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Exploring AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of female Mexican migrant workers.
Organista, P B; Organista, K C; Soloff, P R.
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  • Organista PB; Department of Psychology, University of San Francisco, CA 94117-1080, USA. organistap@usfca.edu
Health Soc Work ; 23(2): 96-103, 1998 May.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9598392
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.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Migrantes / Hispânico ou Latino / Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde / Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida / Preservativos Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Adult / Female / Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte / 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
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Migrantes / Hispânico ou Latino / Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde / Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida / Preservativos Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Adult / Female / Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte / 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