This research will analyze the interactions between gender, migration, and sexual behavior among the Mexican population. Latino deaths in the U.S. from AIDS have increased markedly in recent years and Mexico currently ranks second in the Americas in the number of HIV cases. Although migration between the U.S. and Mexico is believed to contribute to the AIDS epidemic, there is little information about its interaction with gender relations and their effects on sexual practices in sending and receiving communities. The theoretical framework integrates migration into the Theory of Gender and Power to understand the gender and migration related factors affecting sexual risk behaviors among the Mexican population.
The specific aims are to: (1) compare prevalent sexual behaviors among Mexican men and women in a receiving city in the Southeastern United States and two sending communities in Mexico; (2) identify and describe the impact of migration on the gender structures of labor, power, and cathexis among the Mexican population; (3) model the gender and migration related determinants of sexual behaviors, including condom use, use of commercial sex workers, number of partners, sex outside of marriage, and male-male sexual encounters; and (4) construct a data-derived culture and gender specific conceptual model of sexual behavior and work collaboratively with community members to recommend strategies to inform the development of HIV interventions for at risk Mexican immigrant groups. Data for the analysis will come from an """"""""ethnosexual"""""""" survey of Mexican migrants collected in Durham, North Carolina and two sibling communities in Mexico, supplemented with in depth ethnographic interviews in the U.S. The combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods will provide culturally grounded and reliable information on gender, migration, and sexual behavior.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01NR008052-04
Application #
6784086
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-AARR-7 (50))
Program Officer
Hosseini, Jeanette M
Project Start
2001-09-30
Project End
2005-09-29
Budget Start
2004-07-01
Budget End
2005-09-29
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$379,729
Indirect Cost
Name
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Department
Type
Schools of Nursing
DUNS #
608195277
City
Chapel Hill
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27599
Flippen, Chenoa A (2016) Shadow Labor: Work and Wages among Immigrant Hispanic Women in Durham, North Carolina. Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci 666:110-130
Flippen, Chenoa A; Parrado, Emilio A (2015) Perceived discrimination among Latino immigrants in new destinations: The case of Durham, NC. Sociol Perspect 58:666-685
Flippen, Chenoa A; Parrado, Emilio A (2015) A tale of two contexts: U.S. migration and the labor force trajectories of Mexican women. Int Migr Rev 49:232-259
Parrado, Emilio A; Flippen, Chenoa A (2014) Migration, Social Organization, and the Sexual Partners of Mexican Men. Soc Probl 61:380-401
Flippen, Chenoa (2014) Intersectionality at Work: Determinants of Labor Supply among Immigrant Latinas. Gend Soc 28:404-434
Flippen, Chenoa A (2012) Laboring Underground: The Employment Patterns of Hispanic Immigrant Men in Durham, NC. Soc Probl 59:21-42
Parrado, Emilio A; Flippen, Chenoa A (2012) Hispanic fertility, immigration, and race in the twenty-first century. Race Soc Probl 4:18-30
Flippen, Chenoa A; Parrado, Emilio A (2012) Forging Hispanic communities in new destinations: A case study of Durham, NC. City Community 11:1-30
Parrado, Emilio A; Flippen, Chenoa A (2010) Migration and Sexuality: A Comparison of Mexicans in Sending and Receiving Communities. J Soc Issues 66:175-195
Parrado, Emilio A; Flippen, Chenoa (2010) Community attachment, neighborhood context, and sex worker use among Hispanic migrants in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Soc Sci Med 70:1059-69

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