La Desesperacion: Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers Living With HIV/AIDS
Author: Aranda-Naranjo, Barbara; Gaskins, Susan; Bustamante, Lucia
Date Published: 2000
Migrant seasonal farm workers (MSFW) in south Texas are predominately Mexican American and represent one of the most impoverished and medically underserved populations in the United States. La Frontera is a collaborative partnership between the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, migrant organizations, and HIV service delivery organizations to study and address special needs of MSFWs in Hidalgo and Maverick counties of south Texas. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the health-seeking experiences of HIV-positive MSFWs living in the La Frontera service area. 13 participants were interviewed and recorded as they described their experiences. Findings from content analysis of the interviews revealed a description of the life of an HIV-positive MSFW asla desesderacion ( a separate way of life). After their diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, the major themes in their lives were living in secrecy, finding and receiving health care, and accepting the disease.
Date Published: 2000
Migrant seasonal farm workers (MSFW) in south Texas are predominately Mexican American and represent one of the most impoverished and medically underserved populations in the United States. La Frontera is a collaborative partnership between the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, migrant organizations, and HIV service delivery organizations to study and address special needs of MSFWs in Hidalgo and Maverick counties of south Texas. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the health-seeking experiences of HIV-positive MSFWs living in the La Frontera service area. 13 participants were interviewed and recorded as they described their experiences. Findings from content analysis of the interviews revealed a description of the life of an HIV-positive MSFW asla desesderacion ( a separate way of life). After their diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, the major themes in their lives were living in secrecy, finding and receiving health care, and accepting the disease.
