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Researcher Looks at HIV/AIDS Risk on Both Sides of the Border

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. ethnic and gender health disparities
  2. sexual risk behaviors
  3. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
  4. HIV
  5. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
  6. Methamphetamine
  7. substance use
  8. U.S.-Mexico border
  9. Hispanic populations
  10. LGBT+ Health
  11. transgender women
  12. sexual and gender minorities

Featured Researcher(s):

Loza, Oralia
College: Health Sciences
Department: Public Health Sciences
Researcher Looks at HIV/AIDS Risk on Both Sides of the Border
Date: 27 June 2012 15:30



While the epidemiology of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can be linked to migration, it is uncertain how much of an impact migration has in making certain groups at higher risk for contracting these infections.

Oralia Loza, Ph.D., a UTEP assistant professor of public health sciences, is collaborating with Jesus Vaca Cortes, a professor at the Universidad de Chihuahua in Mexico on a project that addresses risks for HIV/AIDS and STIs among Mixtec/Zapotec men who migrate within Mexico and to the United States.


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