Diaz T, Klevens M
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV and AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Ethn Dis. 1997 Autumn;7(3):200-6.
To describe differences by ancestry, we interviewed 1,785 self-identified Latinos who have been reported to have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome from 12 state or local health departments. Central American men and women were the least acculturated group: > 90% were born outside the USA, and more than half answered the questionnaire in Spanish. Overall, except among Puerto Ricans, male-male sex was the most common mode of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus. Among persons born in the United States, a similar proportion of Puerto Rican women (52%) and Mexican women (47%) had injected drugs; however, Puerto Rican men were more likely (p < 0.008) to have injected drugs (51%) than all men (31%). These differences by ancestry should be taken into account when providing HIV prevention and treatment services to Latinos.
为了按血统描述差异，我们采访了1785名自称拉丁裔的人，他们是从12个州或地方卫生部门报告的获得性免疫缺陷综合征患者。中美洲男性和女性是文化适应程度最低的群体：超过90%出生在美国境外，超过一半用西班牙语回答问卷。总体而言，除波多黎各人外，男男性行为是感染人类免疫缺陷病毒最常见的途径。在美国出生的人中，波多黎各女性（52%）和墨西哥女性（47%）注射毒品的比例相似；然而，波多黎各男性注射毒品的可能性（p < 0.008）高于所有男性（31%）。在为拉丁裔提供艾滋病毒预防和治疗服务时，应考虑到这些血统差异。
