Drug Use and HIV Risks Among Migrant Workers on the DelMarVa Peninsula

• NCJ Number: 178154
• Journal: Substance Use & Misuse Volume: 34 Issue: 4/5 Dated: March/April 1999 Pages: 653-666
• Author(s): James A. Inciardi Ph.D.; Hilary L. Surratt M.A.; Hector M. Colon; Dale D. Chitwood Ph.D.; James E. Rivers Ph.D.
• Date Published: 1999
• Length: 14 pages
• Grant Number(s): U01-DA07694
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DCC

Annotation

This study examines HIV risk behaviors among drug-using farm workers and their sexual partners.

Abstract

The study focused on characteristics and behaviors of 151 migrant farm workers contacted on the DelMarVa peninsula during 1994 and 1995. Many of these individuals were home-based in South Florida and migrated during the work season to various points along the Eastern Migratory Stream. Drug use was widespread in this population, a significant proportion were at risk for HIV infection and 4 percent (6 persons) were HIV positive. Worker profiles suggest that for most of these individuals, their HIV infections were more related to sexual risk than drug use. As a result of these findings, public health agencies on the peninsula have instituted HIV education programs in those clinics used by both local and transient agricultural workers. Figures, tables, references