Social inequalities, sexual tourism and HIV in Cartagena, Colombia: an ethnographic study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cartagena, Colombia's main port on the Caribbean Coast, reported an HIV incidence of 7.5 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2007 with 90.0% transmission by heterosexual contact and 70 identified as women with a stable partner. Studies across Colombia illustrate that HIV infection relates to social inequalities; most people with HIV live in poverty and have minimal access to health care, education, and secure jobs. The purpose of this article is to analyse the relationship between social inequalities, sexual tourism and HIV infection in Cartagena, Colombia.

Methods

Data come from a five-year participatory ethnography of HIV in Cartagena in the period 2004-2009, in which 96 citizens (30 of whom were living with HIV) participated in different data collection phases. Techniqu

SUBMITTER: Quevedo-Gomez MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7414756 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature