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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 6/2012

01-08-2012 | Original Paper

A Two-Way Road: Rates of HIV Infection and Behavioral Risk Factors Among Deported Mexican Labor Migrants

Authors: M. Gudelia Rangel, Ana P. Martinez-Donate, Melbourne F. Hovell, Carol L. Sipan, Jennifer A. Zellner, Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga, Norma J. Kelley, Ahmed Asadi-Gonzalez, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Carlos Magis-Rodriguez

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 6/2012

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Abstract

A large number of Mexican migrants are deported to Mexico and released in the North Mexican border region every year. Despite their volume and high vulnerability, little is known about the level of HIV infection and related risk behaviors among this hard-to-reach population. We conducted a cross-sectional, probability survey with deported Mexican migrants in Tijuana, Mexico (N = 693) and estimated levels of HIV infection and behavioral risk factors among this migrant flow. The sample and population estimated rates of HIV for deported males were 1.23 and 0.80 %, respectively. No positive cases were found among the female sample. We found high lifetime rates of reported sexually transmitted infections (22.3 %) and last 12-months rates of unprotected sex (63.0 %), sex with multiple sexual partners (18.1 %), casual partners (25.7 %), and sex workers (8.6 %), compared to U.S. and Mexico adults. HIV prevention, testing, and treatment programs for this large, vulnerable, and transnational population need to be implemented in both the U.S. and Mexico.
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Metadata
Title
A Two-Way Road: Rates of HIV Infection and Behavioral Risk Factors Among Deported Mexican Labor Migrants
Authors
M. Gudelia Rangel
Ana P. Martinez-Donate
Melbourne F. Hovell
Carol L. Sipan
Jennifer A. Zellner
Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga
Norma J. Kelley
Ahmed Asadi-Gonzalez
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
Carlos Magis-Rodriguez
Publication date
01-08-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0196-z

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