Factors associated with sexual risk taking behavior by precarious urban migrants in French Guiana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19517448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | August Eubanks (0000-0001-9197-1635, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon), Marie Claire Parriault (Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon), Astrid Van Melle (Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon), Célia Basurko (0000-0002-6326-4252, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon), Leila Adriouch (Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon), Claire Cropet (0000-0001-9412-5952, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon), Mathieu Nacher (0000-0001-9397-3204, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-24 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC International Health and Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-698X • E-ISSN: 1472-698X |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12914-018-0164-4 |
| PMID | 29884188 |
| OpenAlex | W2807411253 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
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
Condom · Developing country · Environmental health · Family medicine · Perception · Population · Public health · Risk perception · Sexual behavior · Sociology · Spouse · Unsafe Sex · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 1.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |