IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/plo/pone00/0031986.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

HIV-Related High-Risk Behaviors among Chinese Migrant Construction Laborers in Nantong, Jiangsu

Author

Listed:
  • Xun Zhuang
  • Zunyou Wu
  • Katharine Poundstone
  • Changqing Yang
  • Yaqin Zhong
  • Shengyang Jiang

Abstract

Background: HIV transmission in rural areas of China is being fueled in part by migrant workers who acquire HIV outside of their hometowns. Recent surveillance statistics indicate that HIV prevalence among returning migrants has increased significantly. Methods: We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study to assess HIV-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among migrant returnees in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, one of the largest exporters of migrant laborers. Results: A total of 1625 subjects were enrolled with a response rate of 89%. All participants were male and of the majority Han ethnicity. The mean age was 39.0 years (SD = 6.7; range: 18 to 63), and most had a stable partner (N = 1533, 94.3%). Most correctly identified the major modes of HIV transmission (68.9%–82.0%), but fewer were able to identify ways that HIV cannot be transmitted. Nearly one-third of participants held positive attitudes toward having multiple sex partners, and nearly half believed that sex work should be legalized. Multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that risky sexual behavior (defined as sex with a casual or commercial sex partner) was associated with no stable partner; working abroad; correct condom use; age

Suggested Citation

  • Xun Zhuang & Zunyou Wu & Katharine Poundstone & Changqing Yang & Yaqin Zhong & Shengyang Jiang, 2012. "HIV-Related High-Risk Behaviors among Chinese Migrant Construction Laborers in Nantong, Jiangsu," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(3), pages 1-6, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0031986
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031986
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031986
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031986&type=printable
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1371/journal.pone.0031986?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Ararso Baru & Ikeola A Adeoye & Adeyemi O Adekunle, 2020. "“I was raped by the broker on the first day of my arrival in the town.” Exploring reasons for risky sexual behavior among sexually-active unmarried young female internal migrants in Ethiopia: A qualit," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(11), pages 1-14, November.
    2. Ying Wang & Wen Yao & Meili Shang & Yong Cai & Rong Shi & Jin Ma & Jin Wang & Huijiang Song, 2013. "Sexual and Reproductive Health among Unmarried Rural-Urban Female Migrants in Shanghai China: A Comparative Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-12, August.
    3. Chuanyi Ning & Junjun Jiang & Li Ye & Xiaobo Yang & Bo Wei & Wei Deng & Suosu Wei & Jiegang Huang & Bo Qin & Halmurat Upur & Chaohui Zhong & Qianqiu Wang & Qian Wang & Yuhua Ruan & Fumei Wei & Na Xu &, 2013. "Comparison of Three Intervention Models for Promoting Circumcision among Migrant Workers in Western China to Reduce Local Sexual Transmission of HIV," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(9), pages 1-1, September.
    4. Ning Li & Xiaomei Li & Xueliang Wang & Jin Shao & Juanhua Dou, 2014. "A Cross-Site Intervention in Chinese Rural Migrants Enhances HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-16, April.
    5. Yong Cai & Ying Wang & Zhijie Zheng & Jin Wang & Wen Yao & Jin Ma, 2013. "Predictors of Reducing Sexual and Reproductive Risk Behaviors Based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) Model among Unmarried Rural-To-Urban Female Migrants in Shanghai, China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(4), pages 1-7, April.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0031986. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: plosone (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.