Document 0204
 DOCN  M9460204
 TI    Aids-related knowledge and practices in migrant populations: the case of
       Montrealers of Haitian origin.
 DT    9404
 AU    Adrien A; Boivin JF; Hankins C; Leaune V; Tousignant Y; Tremblay J;
       Centre for AIDS Studies, Public Health Unit, Montreal General; Hospital,
       Quebec, Canada.
 SO    Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 1994;42(1):50-7. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94181890
 AB    The objectives of the study were to determine knowledge levels regarding
       AIDS and its modes of transmission, and to describe sexual behaviour of
       Montrealers of Haitian origin. A serial cross-sectional study was
       conducted in three phases between 1987 and 1990. A questionnaire was
       administered in a face-to-face interview with the exception of the
       section concerning sexual practices which was self-administered for
       those respondents who were literate in French. The study was conducted
       among 775 men and women residing in the metropolitan Montreal region.
       These individuals were aged 15 to 39, were born in Haiti or had at least
       one parent born in Haiti. Knowledge levels were high except for
       misconceptions about HIV transmission through casual contact and
       mosquito bites. There was a significant association between high risk
       sexual behaviour and marital status with the odds of having had multiple
       partners significantly raised for previously married individuals (OR =
       5.96, 95% CI = 3.09; 11.50). High risk behaviour was also associated
       with being under 25 years of age (OR = 2.83, 95% CI = 1.40; 5.74),
       knowing someone with HIV/AIDS (OR = 1.88, 95% CI = 1.05; 3.37), being
       male (OR = 6.81, 95% CI = 3.99; 11.60) and earlier year of interview.
       Montrealers of Haitian origin, with their specific AIDS-related
       socio-cultural characteristics, constitute a community which is
       intermediate between their country of origin, Haiti, and their host
       country, Canada.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adolescence
       Adult  Confidence Intervals  Cross-Sectional Studies  Demography
       Emigration and Immigration  *Ethnic Groups  Female  Haiti/ETHNOLOGY
       Human  *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Odds Ratio  Quebec
       Questionnaires  Sex Behavior/ETHNOLOGY  Sexual Partners  Support,
       Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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