Prevalence of risk factors for HIV infection among Mexican migrants and immigrants: probability survey in the North border of Mexico.
OBJECTIVE
To estimate the prevalence of risk factors for HIV infection among Mexican migrants and immigrants (MMIs) in different geographic contexts, including the sending communities in Mexico, the receiving communities in the United States (US), and the Mexican North border region.


METHODS
We conducted a probability survey among MMIs traveling through key border crossing sites in the Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico)-San Diego (California, US) border region (N= 1,429).


RESULTS
The survey revealed substantial rates of reported sexually transmitted infections, needle-sharing and sexual risk practices in all migration contexts.


CONCLUSIONS
The estimated levels of HIV risk call for further binational research and preventive interventions in all key geographic contexts of the migration experience to identify and tackle the different personal, environmental, and structural determinants of HIV risk in each of these contexts.
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, San Antonio del Mar, Baja California, México.
M Gudelia
MG
Rangel
Ana P
AP
Martínez-Donate
Melbourne F
MF
Hovell
Jorge
J
Santibáñez
Carol L
CL
Sipan
Jose A
JA
Izazola-Licea
D000328:Adult; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology