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11.10.2015 | Original Paper

Associated with Differences in Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Migrants in South Korea

verfasst von: Minsoo Jung, Dongseok Kwon, Ji-young Oh

Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Ausgabe 1/2017

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Abstract

We investigated influential factors on differences in sexual risk-taking among homosexual migrants. The data used in this paper are based on the survey and medical examination for migrants’ sexual behaviors that was carried out by the Korea Federation for HIV/AIDS Prevention in 2011–2013 on participants living in South Korea. Among 1141 migrants, homosexuals were 0.54 times less likely to use condom than heterosexuals. Homosexuals were 2.93 times more likely to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) than heterosexuals. Among 250 homosexual migrants, those who preferred risky sexual intercourse were 0.19 times less likely to use a condom than heterosexual migrants. Those who have a fixed sexual partner were 0.35 times less likely to be infected with HIV than their counterparts. Administrative programs for STDs prevention of migrants should be focused on their sexual risk-taking, which were limited to casual partnership, unprotected sex, and previous contraction of sexual diseases.
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Metadaten
Titel
Associated with Differences in Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Migrants in South Korea
verfasst von
Minsoo Jung
Dongseok Kwon
Ji-young Oh
Publikationsdatum
11.10.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Ausgabe 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Elektronische ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-015-0300-3