| The Effects of Problem Drinking and Sexual Risk Among Mexican Migrant Workers on Their Community of Origin. | |
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PMID: 20169008 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Although the financial remittances sent by male Mexican migrant workers residing in the United States can result in higher standards of living for their families and home communities, out-migration may lead to increased migrant problem drinking and sexual risk behaviors, which may in turn impact these same communities of origin. Based on semi-structured interviewing (n=60) and participant observation in a migrant sending community in central Mexico and a receiving community in the Northeastern United States, this paper explores the effects of out-migration on HIV risk and problem drinking among United States-based migrants from a small agricultural community in the Mexican state of Puebla. We argue that problem drinking and risky sexual behaviors among these migrant workers have had significant consequences for their home community in terms of diminished remittances, the introduction of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and loss of husbands or kinsmen to automobile accidents. Moreover, although rumor and gossip between the two communities serve as a form of social control, they may also contribute to increased problem drinking and sexual risk. |
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Authors:
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Michael R Duke; Francisco J Gómez Carpinteiro |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Human organization Volume: 68 ISSN: 0018-7259 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2009 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-7-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0412703 Medline TA: Hum Organ Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 328 Citation Subset: - |
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Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation's Prevention Research Center in Berkeley, California (USA). |
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R03 AA015401-02//NIAAA NIH HHS |
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