When social, relational and sexual vulnerabilities increase vulnerability to HIV/Aids

The case of migrants living in Switzerland

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19444293
AutoresFrancesca Poglia Mileti (0000-0002-5942-0443, Department of Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland), Laura Mellini (0000-0001-9458-4542, Department of Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, autor correspondente), Marc Tadorian (0009-0000-4126-115X, Social Work, University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg, Switzerland)
Ano2024
Volume36
Fascículo7
Páginas1002-1009
Data de publicação2024-07-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAIDS Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540121.2023.2289469
PMID38088934
OpenAlexW4389686984
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas22

There is emerging evidence that a significant proportion of migrants acquire HIV after arrival in Europe. Thus, to strengthen prevention efforts, it is crucial to understand migrants' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. This article contributes to this understanding by analysing the perspectives of prevention actors and migrants. Data were collected through a qualitative and participative research study conducted in Switzerland. Twenty prevention actors and 28 migrants participated in in-depth interviews. Results show that migrants' difficulties in accessing and adopting measures to prevent HIV are related to three types of situational vulnerability that increase their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: social vulnerability, which refers to social inequalities in access to care; relational vulnerability, which refers to unequal distribution of power within intimate relationships; and sexual vulnerability, which refers to stigmatization of sexualities that some people may consider as socially nonconforming. For HIV/AIDS prevention to be successful among migrants, power structures such as sexism, heterosexism, cisgenderism, ethnocentrism, and racism need to be addressed. Reducing stigma related to HIV among migrants requires a struggle against these power structures as well as health inequities

Computer security · Criminology · Psychological resilience · Social vulnerability · Sociology · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology