Coming Out to Health Care Providers in Puerto Rico: Opportunities for Prevention and Engagement in Care

León, Sandra Miranda De; Díaz, Carola T. Sánchez; Pérez-Ríos, Naydi; Colón, Yadira Rolón; Valencia-Torres, Ileska; Avila, Valerie Quiñones; Armendáriz, Ana Choperena; Rivera-García, Brenda; Colón‐López, Vivian

doi:10.1080/19317611.2016.1228728

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In this case, migration may be a proactive step toward the individual's achieving a fuller realization of himself, which may also be related to better self-care. Furthermore the acceptance of one's own sexuality has been associated with wellbeing, better outcomes in mental health and engagement in healthcare [28,29]. Further research is needed to examine the intersection between coming out and migration to another country.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual Migration and HIV Risk in a Sample of Brazilian, Colombian and Dominican Immigrant MSM Living in New York City

Nieves-Lugo

Barnett

Pinho

et al. 2018

J Immigrant Minority Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We examined motivations for migration to the United States (US) among 482 Brazilian, Colombian, and Dominican men who have sex with men (MSM). Participants' most common reason for migration was to improve their financial situation (49%), followed by sexual migration in order to affirm their sexual orientation (40%). Fewer endorsed sexual migration motivated by avoiding persecution due to being gay (13%). We conducted further analyses among 276 participants who migrated after age 15 and were HIV-negative at the time of migration. We hypothesized that sexual migration would be associated with greater likelihood of HIV acquisition post-migration. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis indicated that sexual migration motivated by avoiding persecution due to being gay was associated with increased odds of contracting HIV after arrival in the US whereas sexual migration to lead a gay life was not. Our findings highlight the importance of addressing the negative impact of anti-gay discrimination in countries of origin.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%