La Frontera: HIV and the Border and Migrant Families of South Texas
Author: Catala, Selina M.S., L.C.D.C.
Date Published: 1998
This article describes the five-year project entitled "La Frontera: HIV and the Border/Migrant Families of South Texas," an effort to obtain data regarding rates of HIV in migrant farmworkers. Additionally, it is an effort to answer questions about the impact of HIV on farmworker families. La Frontera will provide opportunities for farmworkers residing along the Texas-Mexico border to learn their HIV status and will help HIV-positive farmworkers to obtain appropriate care and follow-up services. This project will also describe HIV factors and related demographic characteristics of the farmworker families living in South Texas.
Date Published: 1998
This article describes the five-year project entitled "La Frontera: HIV and the Border/Migrant Families of South Texas," an effort to obtain data regarding rates of HIV in migrant farmworkers. Additionally, it is an effort to answer questions about the impact of HIV on farmworker families. La Frontera will provide opportunities for farmworkers residing along the Texas-Mexico border to learn their HIV status and will help HIV-positive farmworkers to obtain appropriate care and follow-up services. This project will also describe HIV factors and related demographic characteristics of the farmworker families living in South Texas.
