Sexual and addictive risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections in illegal gold miners in French Guiana: A multicenter observational study

dc.creatorMutricy-Hureau, Louise Mutricy-Hureau
dc.creatorPisoni, Amandine
dc.creatorSuarez-Mutis, Martha
dc.creatorSilva, Amanda Figueira da
dc.creatorLambert, Yann
dc.creatorMespoulhe, Pauline
dc.creatorGodin, Audrey
dc.creatorParriault, Marie-Claire
dc.creatorMelle, Astrid Van
dc.creatorMosnier, Emilie
dc.creatorGaillet, Mélanie
dc.creatorMichaud, Céline
dc.creatorSchaub, Roxane
dc.creatorGalindo, Muriel
dc.creatorAdenis, Antoine
dc.creatorNacher, Mathieu
dc.creatorVreden, Stephen
dc.creatorTuaillon, Edouard
dc.creatorDouine, Maylis
dc.date2022-10-28T12:55:59Z
dc.date2022-10-28T12:55:59Z
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:56:05Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:56:05Z
dc.identifierMUTRICY-HUREAU, Louise et al. Sexual and addictive risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections in illegal gold miners in French Guiana: A multicenter observational study. Plos One, v. 17, n. 9, e0272932, p. 1 - 17, Sept. 2022.
dc.identifier1932-6203
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/55418
dc.identifier10.1371/journal.pone.0272932
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8866416
dc.descriptionObjectives Common representations of the world of gold mining–especially illegal–are usually negative: the activity conjures up images of drug trafficking, human exploitation, the sex trade, environmental destruction, and infectious diseases, in particular sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The aim of the present article is to describe the levels of risk behaviors such as transactional sex, multiple sexual partners, and the frequency of condom use, addictive substance consumption, and the prevalence of STIs among the population of illegal gold miners in French Guiana (FG), a French overseas entity in Amazonia, in order to guide potential interventions. Methods An observational multicenter cross-sectional study was carried out from October to December 2019 along the two borders of FG with Suriname and Brazil at rest sites used by the miners. Results Among the 499 participants, transactional sex was very prevalent, declared by 33.5% of men and 8.4% of women. Condoms were more frequently used for transactional sex than with a non-commercial partner (93.4% versus 42.1%). More women were tested for HIV than men (91.1% versus 55.2%). Excessive alcohol consumption (57.3%%) and tobacco use (41.2%) were very frequent, but cocaine or crack consumption was low (1.2%), which refuted our initial assumption. Consumers of alcohol had more sexual partners and reported condom use more frequently. Prevalence of HIV, HCV, HBV, and syphilis was respectively 0.5% (95% CI: 0.1–2.1), 2.1% (95% CI: 0.7–3.6), 1.6% (95% CI: 0.3–2.8), and 12.4% (95% CI: 9.0–15.7), which was higher than in the local population, especially for syphilis. Conclusion This study documents for the first time the risk behaviors of gold miners in FG. Although the level of condom use was high, the prevalence of STIs combined with the high rate of transactional sex should encourage an increase in prevention and screening, in particular through rapid tests, given the mobility of the population concerned.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectComportamentos sexuais e de risco de dependência
dc.subjectInfecção sexualmente transmissível
dc.subjectMineiros de ouro ilegais
dc.subjectGuiana Francesa
dc.subjectEstudo observacional multicêntrico
dc.subjectSexual and addictive risk behaviors
dc.subjectSexually transmitted infection
dc.subjectIllegal gold miners
dc.subjectFrench Guiana
dc.subjectMulticenter observational study
dc.titleSexual and addictive risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections in illegal gold miners in French Guiana: A multicenter observational study
dc.typeArticle


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