HIV/Aids in fishing communities

Challenges to delivering antiretroviral therapy to vulnerable groups

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19439375
AutoresJanet Seeley (0000-0002-0583-5272, University of East Anglia, autor correspondente), Janet A Seeley (a University of East Anglia , Norwich , UK), Edward H Allison (0000-0003-4663-1396, a University of East Anglia , Norwich , UK)
Ano2005
Volume17
Fascículo6
Páginas688-697
Data de publicação2005-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAIDS Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540120412331336698
PMID16036255
OpenAlexW2004124022
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas45
Referências citadas31

Fishing communities have been identified as among the highest-risk groups for HIV infection in countries with high overall rates of HIV/AIDS prevalence. Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS stems from, the time fishers and fish traders spend away from home, their access to cash income, their demographic profile, the ready availability of commercial sex in fishing ports and the sub-cultures of risk taking and hyper-masculinity in fishermen. The subordinate economic and social position of women in many fishing communities makes them even more vulnerable to infection. In this paper we review the available literature to assess the social, economic and cultural factors that shape many fisherfolks' life-styles and that make them both vulnerable to infection and difficult to reach with anti-retroviral therapy and continued prevention efforts. We conclude from the available evidence that fisherfolk will be among those untouched by planned initiatives to increase access to anti-retroviral therapies in the coming years; a conclusion that might apply to other groups with similar socio-economic and sub-cultural attributes, such as other seafarers, and migrant-workers including small-scale miners, and construction workers

Antiretroviral therapy · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Fishing · Political science · Viral load · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Sex work and related issues