Migrant laborers and AIDS in the United States: a review of the literature
Organista, K.C.; Organista, P.B.
Aids Education and Prevention Official Publication of the International Society for Aids Education 9(1): 83-93
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0899-9546 PMID: 9083593 Document Number: 477961
This article reviews the literature on the threat of AIDS to migrant labourers and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. The review includes a sociodemographic profile of migrants in the United States, estimations of HIV prevalence, and a summary of AIDS- and condom-related knowledge, beliefs and behaviours. In addition, migration-related HIV exposure categories and cultural factors that frame the risk for contracting AIDS in the migrant population are summarized. Finally, directions for future research and prevention interventions needed to address an emerging epidemic are discussed.