Drug use and HIV risks among migrant workers on the DelMarVa Peninsula
Drug use and HIV risks among migrant workers on the DelMarVa Peninsula
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DOI：
10.3109/10826089909037236
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发表时间：
1999-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Rivers, JE
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作者：
Inciardi, JA;Surratt, HL;Rivers, JE
由于在移民农场工人中有很高的药物使用率，国家药物滥用研究所资助了移民健康研究，以检查吸毒农场工人及其性伴侣的艾滋病毒风险行为。这些个体中有许多以南佛罗里达为基地，在工作季节迁徙到东部迁徙流的各个地点。本文的重点是描述1994年和1995年期间在DelMarVa半岛接触的151名受访者的特征和行为。数据表明，吸毒在这一人群中很普遍，有很大比例的人有感染艾滋病毒的风险，6%的人呈艾滋病毒阳性。由于这些发现，半岛上的公共卫生机构在当地和临时农业工人使用的诊所中制定了艾滋病毒教育计划。
Because high rates of drug use have been documented in the migrant farm worker population, the National Institute on Drug Abuse funded the Migrant Health Study to examine HIV risk behaviors among drug-using farm workers and their sexual partners. Many of these individuals were home-based in South Florida and migrated during the work season to various points along the Eastern Migratory Stream. The focus of this paper is a description of the characteristics and behaviors of the 151 respondents contacted on the DelMarVa Peninsula during 1994 and 1995. The data indicate that drug use was widespread in this population, a significant proportion were at risk for HIV infection, and 6% were HIV positive. As a result of these findings, public health agencies on the peninsula have instituted HIV education programs in those clinics utilized by both local and transient agricultural workers.