Mobility and its liminal context:: Exploring sexual partnering among truck drivers crossing the Southern Brazilian border
Mobility and its liminal context:: Exploring sexual partnering among truck drivers crossing the Southern Brazilian border
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.002
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Diaz, Juan
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作者：
Lippman, Sheri A.;Pulerwitz, Julie;Diaz, Juan
包括卡车司机在内的移动的人口感染艾滋病毒和其他性传播感染的风险更高。然而，流动性的措施一直运作不良，很少有研究存在探索流动性和性风险的心理社会背景。2003年，在巴西南部国际边界的两个海关站对1 775名男性卡车司机进行了系统抽样采访。被移动的的心理社会影响进行了评估集群卡车司机的阈环境的基础上的看法，或一个人的正常的社会环境之外。评估了身体活动性（在家度过的夜晚）与性伴侣关系的阈群集之间的关系。聚类过程产生了三种倾向的阈环境。与基线集群中的卡车司机相比，那些认为环境（1）非常或（2）适度宽松的人在过去六个月内报告商业性伴侣的几率增加，并且报告商业伴侣的数量增加。每一周在家睡觉，报告商业伙伴的几率下降了0.73倍，商业伙伴的平均数量下降了0.76倍。身体和心理社会措施的流动性独立地与增加在道路上的伙伴关系。进一步探索阈环境如何塑造移动的人群的性决策和对性传播感染的脆弱性是必要的。(C)2007爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Mobile populations, including truck drivers, are at elevated risk of acquiring HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). However, measures of mobility have been poorly operationalized and little research exists exploring the psychosocial context of mobility and sexual risk taking. A systematic sample of 1775 male truck drivers underwent interview at two customs stations on the Southern Brazilian international border in 2003. The psychosocial effect of being mobile was assessed by clustering truckers based on perceptions of the liminal environment, or being outside of one's normal social environment. The relationship between physical mobility (nights spent at home) and liminal cluster with sexual partnerships was assessed. The clustering procedure yielded three dispositions towards the liminal environment. Compared to truckers in the baseline cluster, those who perceive the environment as (1) very, or (2) moderately permissive had increased odds of reporting a commercial sex partner in the past six months and reported increased numbers of commercial partners. For each week slept at home, the odds of reporting a commercial partner decreased by a factor of 0.73 and the average number of commercial partners decreased by a rate of 0.76. Physical and psychosocial measures of mobility were associated independently with increased partnering on the road. Additional exploration of how the liminal environment shapes mobile populations' sexual decision making and vulnerability to STI is warranted. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.