感知移民法的相对影响和对美国拉丁裔移民艾滋病毒检测的后果
Carol L Galletly1, Timothy L McAuliffe2, Julia B Dickson-Gomez2,3
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1710 East Lafayette Place, Milwaukee, WI, 53202, USA. cgalletl@mcw.edu.
AIDS and behavior
|August 26, 2023
概括
许多拉丁裔移民害怕移民法,阻止他们接受艾滋病毒检测. 解决这些问题对于公共卫生至关重要,并提高这一群体中的艾滋病毒查率.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 移民法 移民法 移民法
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 美国疾病控制和预防中心 (CDC) 建议对13-64岁的个人进行常规艾滋病毒检测.
- 美国拉丁裔移民中很大一部分从未接受过艾滋病毒检测,导致健康差异.
- 现有研究表明,与移民相关的法律可能会阻碍参与必要的公共卫生措施.
研究的目的:
- 调查移民法及其对拉丁裔移民艾滋病毒检测行为的影响.
- 在美国的拉丁裔移民社区中发现艾滋病毒检测的障碍.
主要方法:
- 在美国四个城市对1750名性活跃,讲西班牙语,非公民拉丁裔移民进行了横截面调查.
- 参与者通过社区外展,传单和雪球采样来招募.
- 用多变量分析分析数据,以评估移民法和艾滋病毒检测历史之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 与艾滋病毒相关的移民法律和后果的看法与从未接受过艾滋病毒检测有显著的关联.
- 这种关联即使控制了艾滋病毒检测的既定预测因素,也仍然显著.
- 该研究发现,在过去12个月内,移民法对艾滋病毒检测没有显著的影响.
结论:
- 被认为的移民法及其后果是拉丁裔移民中艾滋病毒检测的重大障碍,这些移民从未接受过检测.
- 干预措施必须解决这些具体的恐惧和担忧,以提高这一脆弱人群的艾滋病毒查率.
- 未来的公共卫生战略应该考虑移民政策和传染病控制的交叉关系.
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