Sexual behavior is the
dominant mode of HIV transmission in China, and young female migrants are among
the populations at highest risk. This article examines how HIV-related risk
behaviors among female migrants might vary according to workplace settings.
Participants were young female migrants recruited from three workplace
settings-factories, restaurants and entertainment venues. In a cross-sectional
survey, we assessed 457 participants' sociodemographic characteristics,
HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, condom use knowledge, sexual behaviors, condom use
behavior and reproductive health factors. Participants working in entertainment
venues were significantly more likely than those working in factories and
restaurants to report sexual behavior, unprotected sex, multiple pregnancy
terminations and sexually transmitted infections (STI).
However, participants
working in factories and restaurants reported significantly lower levels of
HIV/AIDS knowledge, condom use knowledge, condom use self-efficacy and history
of HIV/AIDS counseling and testing. Independent correlates of unprotected sex
included employment in an entertainment venue, abortion history and sexual
self-efficacy. Independent correlates of STI or genitourinary tract infection
included employment in an entertainment venue, abortion history, recent
migration and recent unprotected sex.
These findings indicate a need for sexual
and reproductive health interventions prioritizing young female migrants, and
call for programs that can be incorporated into different workplace settings.
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at:
- 1School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China.
- 2Luyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui Providence, China.
- 3Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA.
- 4School of Public Health, Brown University, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI, USA don_operario@brown.edu.
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