MIGRATION FOR WORK, MENTAL HEALTH AND AIDS IN MALI

该项目与马里邦贾加拉地区医疗保健中心合作，调查了为工作而移徙和其他社会环境因素如何影响多贡人（主要是农民）、富拉尼人（主要是牧民）和博佐人（主要是渔民）族裔群体的艾滋病发病率、与艾滋病有关的态度和行为的性质以及身心健康。它涉及一个有代表性的1002农村16至48岁之间的马里人的样本interviewofa。除了有关艾滋病的问题外，访谈还审查了受访者的社会和环境状况及其社会文化态度。它还测量心理功能，包括精神分裂症和抑郁症的筛查。该项目的数据收集阶段已经完成。访谈和相关的医学测试进行了代表性的样本1002 respondentsC 334从每个种族群体。这是使用抽样计划进行的，该计划根据社区规模和受西方影响的程度对每个族裔群体的受访者进行分层。去年的数据已经编码，初步分析已经开始。这些分析表明，即使是这些马里农村受访者也对艾滋病及其传播方式有相当准确的了解。尽管如此，他们很少使用避孕套，尽管年轻受访者使用避孕套的比例明显高于老年受访者。对这一人群中精神疾病患病率的分析表明，精神分裂症相对罕见，尽管抑郁症确实相对频繁地发生。在我们调查的三个种族群体中，精神问题的发生率不同。马里族裔群体特别受到为工作而移徙的影响的假设得到了证实，尽管这一群体实际上精神问题的程度低于其他群体。- 马里，工作移民，社会环境因素，艾滋病毒，精神疾病，抑郁症，传统主义，精神分裂症-人类主题：访谈，问卷调查或调查

In collaboration with the Centre Regional de Medecine Traditionelle in Bandiagara Mali, this project investigates how migration for work and other socio-environmental factors affect the occurrence of AIDS and the nature of AIDS related attitudes and behaviors, as well as mental and physical health in the Dogon (primarily farmers), Fulani (primarily herders) and Bozo (primarily fishermen) ethnic groups. It involves an interviewof a representative sample of 1002 rural Malians between 16 and 48 years old. Besides the questions dealing with AIDS, the interview examines the social and environmental conditions of the respondents and their socio-cultural attitudes. It also measures psychological functioning and includes a screen for schizophrenia and depressive illnesses. The data collection phase of the project was completed. Interviews and related medical tests were carried out on a representative sample of 1002 respondentsC334 from each ethnic group. This was done using a sampling plan that stratified the respondents in each ethnic group in terms of community size and exposure to Western influence. This last year the data has been coded and preliminary analyses have begun. These analyses indicate that even these rural Malian respondents have a quite accurate understanding of AIDS and the way it is transmitted. Despite this they rarely use condoms although condoms use is significantly greater among the younger than the older respondents. Analyses of the prevalence of mental illness in this population suggests that schizophrenia is relatively rare although depressive illnesses do occur relatively frequently. The incidence of mental problems differs among the three ethnic groups we examined. The hypothesis that the Malian ethnic group was particularly affected by migration for work was confirmed although this group actually had a lower level of mental problems than the other groups. - Mali, migration for work, socio-environmental factors, HIV, mental illness, depression, traditionalism, schizophenia - Human Subjects: Interview, Questionaires, or Surveys Only