title: Migration, behaviour change and HIV/STD risks in China.
abstract: This paper examines if and how temporary migration increases the risk for HIV/STDs in China. Results suggest that temporary migrants had significantly higher prevalence of HIV-risk sexual and drug using behaviours but no significant differences were found between migrants and non-migrants in prevalence of HIV/STDs. Employing logistic regression analysis, we examined three mechanisms--lax social control, social isolation and migrant selectivity--by which the process of migration may lead to behaviour changes that increase migrants' HIV/STD risks. Results indicate that post-migration lax social control was the most significant mediating factor between migration and HIV risk behaviours. Temporary migrants are at high risk of HIV/STDs. Prevention interventions need to pay particular attention to migrants' post-migration lax social control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA. xyang@odu.edu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Derlega
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology