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Targeting vulnerable populations: a synthetic review on alcohol use and risky sexual behaviour among migrant populations

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Title
Targeting vulnerable populations: a synthetic review on alcohol use and risky sexual behaviour among migrant populations
Published in
AIDS Research and Therapy, September 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12981-016-0117-8
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Emilia Maria Vaz Martins-Fonteyn, Nina Sommerland, Herman Meulemans, Olivier Degomme, Ines Raimundo, Edwin Wouters

Abstract

Research has demonstrated a link between alcohol use and risky sexual behaviour among different types of migrant populations. Therefore, research investigating risk factors associated with alcohol consumption among them is a public health priority. This review aimed to explore the intersection between migration, alcohol consumption and risky sexual behaviour. This article is a synthetic review of empirical studies on the association of alcohol and high-risk sexual behaviour among different types of the migrant populations, focusing on measurable outcomes generated from quantitative data. A descriptive analysis generated from global and situational studies was used to interpret the reviewed research and to discuss critically the factors that drive migrants to engage in alcohol consumption and high-risk behaviour. This review found out that there is a significant and positive association between global and situational alcohol use and several outcomes of risky sexual behaviour among different types of migrant populations. This association was however mainly observed at high quantities and frequencies of alcohol use, mainly among male migrants, and was often tied to a specific situation or context, for instance the type of sexual partner, the level of mobility and to environmental factors such as living arrangements and entertainment venues. The study supports previous research that alcohol use is associated with risky sexual behaviour among different types of migrant populations. Therefore, future interventions should target mobile, male migrant heavy drinkers. Additional research is needed using more event-level and longitudinal methodologies that overcome prior methodological limitations.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 44 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 18%
Student > Bachelor 8 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 11%
Student > Postgraduate 2 5%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 5%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 13 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 39%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 5%
Psychology 2 5%
Social Sciences 2 5%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 14 32%
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#16,722,190
of 25,374,917 outputs
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#367
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#204,330
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Outputs of similar age from AIDS Research and Therapy
#6
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