Health Knowledge and Practices of Georgia's Migrant and Seasonal Workers Relative to AIDS: A Comparison of Two Groups
Author: Ryan, Rebecca
Date Published: 1988
This is an exploratory and descriptive study designed to describe the AIDS knowledge, sexual practices, and AIDS risk status of a health underserved and commonly ignored rural population - farmworkers. To explore this problem, 67 migrant and seasonal farmworkers were interviewed at their work sites in rural south Georgia by a health educator. They were questioned about their knowledge of AIDS, their sexual practices, and their drug/alcohol use. It is obvious from the data collected that both migrant and seasonal farmworkers are likely to be high risk groups. However, detailed examination of the data make it clear that farmworkers are not homogeneous. Different farmworker communities may have diverse cultural/ethnic backgrounds, unique behavioral patterns, and different risk patterns. The data below is divided into two groups. The group labeled "indigenous" is composed mostly of seasonal workers. In the camps used in this study, almost all of these workers were black. The group labeled "immigrant" is almost totally Hispanic and catholic.
Date Published: 1988
This is an exploratory and descriptive study designed to describe the AIDS knowledge, sexual practices, and AIDS risk status of a health underserved and commonly ignored rural population - farmworkers. To explore this problem, 67 migrant and seasonal farmworkers were interviewed at their work sites in rural south Georgia by a health educator. They were questioned about their knowledge of AIDS, their sexual practices, and their drug/alcohol use. It is obvious from the data collected that both migrant and seasonal farmworkers are likely to be high risk groups. However, detailed examination of the data make it clear that farmworkers are not homogeneous. Different farmworker communities may have diverse cultural/ethnic backgrounds, unique behavioral patterns, and different risk patterns. The data below is divided into two groups. The group labeled "indigenous" is composed mostly of seasonal workers. In the camps used in this study, almost all of these workers were black. The group labeled "immigrant" is almost totally Hispanic and catholic.
