Exploring AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Female Mexican Migrant Workers
Author: Organista, Pamela Balls
Date Published: 1998
Presents a study conducted on female Mexican migrant workers' knowledge of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), attitudes, behaviors and general contraceptive use, who lived and worked in the United States since 1982. Demographic characteristics of the female workers who took part in the study; Beliefs relating to AIDS and the use of condoms; Details on the women's sexual behavior. AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors were assessed in female Mexican migrant laborers. Thirty-two women were administered a modified version of the Hispanic Condom Questionnaire. Respondents were knowledgeable about the major modes of HIV transmission, but one-third to one-half of the women believed that they could contract AIDS from unlikely casual sources. Although respondents reported few negative beliefs about condom use, actual condom use with sex partners was low and knowledge of proper condom use was problematic. Consequently 75 percent reported never carrying condoms. Implications of these findings for future research and provision of services for female Mexican migrants are discussed.
Date Published: 1998
Presents a study conducted on female Mexican migrant workers' knowledge of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), attitudes, behaviors and general contraceptive use, who lived and worked in the United States since 1982. Demographic characteristics of the female workers who took part in the study; Beliefs relating to AIDS and the use of condoms; Details on the women's sexual behavior. AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors were assessed in female Mexican migrant laborers. Thirty-two women were administered a modified version of the Hispanic Condom Questionnaire. Respondents were knowledgeable about the major modes of HIV transmission, but one-third to one-half of the women believed that they could contract AIDS from unlikely casual sources. Although respondents reported few negative beliefs about condom use, actual condom use with sex partners was low and knowledge of proper condom use was problematic. Consequently 75 percent reported never carrying condoms. Implications of these findings for future research and provision of services for female Mexican migrants are discussed.
