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Published in: BMC International Health and Human Rights 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research article

Factors associated with sexual risk taking behavior by precarious urban migrants in French Guiana

Authors: August Eubanks, Marie Claire Parriault, Astrid Van Melle, Célia Basurko, Leila Adriouch, Claire Cropet, Mathieu Nacher

Published in: BMC International Health and Human Rights | Issue 1/2018

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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.
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Metadata
Title
Factors associated with sexual risk taking behavior by precarious urban migrants in French Guiana
Authors
August Eubanks
Marie Claire Parriault
Astrid Van Melle
Célia Basurko
Leila Adriouch
Claire Cropet
Mathieu Nacher
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC International Health and Human Rights / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1472-698X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12914-018-0164-4

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