U.S.-Mexico Dissertation Enhancement Research: Migration Patterns, Work Sites, and HIV Risk Among Female Workers in Tijuana, Mexico

0118659 Rebhun这个美洲计划论文增强将支持Yasmina Katsulis女士在耶鲁大学Linda-Anne Rebhun博士的监督下进行的论文研究。 El Colegio de la Frontera Norte的Gudelia Rangel博士已同意担任墨西哥实地工作的实地监督员。 该项目的目的是研究墨西哥蒂华纳300名女性商业性工作者的职业轨迹，更具体地说，研究移徙模式、工作地点和艾滋病毒风险之间的关系。 具体而言，该项目将：（1）审查移徙与墨西哥蒂华纳300名家庭佣工各种职业轨迹之间的关系;（2）衡量他们在各种工作地点对风险管理的知识、态度和做法;（3）审查结构性因素如何使风险管理复杂化或便利化，最重要的是女性城市移徙;（4）编制有关人口的艾滋病毒感染流行病学概况。利用综合的定性和定量方法，这项研究将有助于更全面地描述人类经验中对决定健康结果至关重要的那些方面。 研究结果将有助于拉丁美洲的健康信念，健康的政治经济学，以及使用定性方法来解决公共卫生问题的文献。

0118659RebhunThis Americas Program thesis enhancement will support thesis dissertation research by Ms. Yasmina Katsulis under the supervision of Dr. Linda-Anne Rebhun of Yale University. Dr. Gudelia Rangel of El Colegio de la Frontera Norte has agreed to act as field supervisor for the fieldwork in Mexico. The aim of this project is to examine career trajectories among 300 female commercial sex workers (FCSW's) in Tijuana, Mexico, and more specifically, the relationship between migration patterns, work sites and HIV risk. In particular, the project will: (1) examine the relationship between migration and the various career trajectories of 300 FCSW's in Tijuana, Mexico; (2) measure their knowledge, attitudes, and practices for risk management in a variety of work sites; (3) examine how risk management is either complicated or facilitated by structural factors, most importantly female urban migration; (4) generate an epidemiological profile of HIV infection for the population in question.Using integrated qualitative and quantitative methods, this research will help to provide a more comprehensive portrait of those aspects of human experience critical in determining health outcomes. The findings will contribute to the literature on health beliefs in Latin America, the political economy of health, and the use of qualitative methods to address public health issues.