Behavioral Risk in Men Recruited Online

网上招聘男性的行为风险

• 批准号: 6842027
• 负责人: SABINA HIRSHFIELD
• 金额: $ 5.68万
• 依托单位: PUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2006-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6842027
• 关键词: 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine; African American; Asians; HIV infections; Hispanic Americans; Internet; Pacific Islander; alcoholism /alcohol abuse; bisexual; clinical research; communicable disease control; communicable disease transmission; cyclic GMP; drug abuse; enzyme inhibitors; gamma hydroxybutyrate; geographic difference; high risk behavior /lifestyle; homosexuals; human population study; human subject; ketamine; male; phosphodiesterase inhibitors; racial /ethnic difference; sex behavior; statistics /biometry; substance abuse related behavior

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Public Health Problem: A resurgence in HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM) is a cause for concern, as the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases among MSM has increased since 1999. MSM have a considerably higher HIV prevalence rate than that of the general population, and there is growing information on recent sexual risk behavior trends among MSM, which include multiple sex partners, unprotected anal intercourse (UAI), and substance use. Objectives: The long-term objective of this research is to identify specific drug use and other high-risk behavior(s) associated with HIV infection, potentially amenable to online education, prevention and/or harm reduction. Specific Aims: The specific aims include examining the association between drug and alcohol use and the engagement in high-risk sexual behavior; testing for HIV, and knowledge of HIV status; disclosure of HIV status to (potential) sex partners among men who use the Internet to meet sex partners; and testing the viability of underlying causal pathways or processes between substance use and high-risk sexual behavior associated with HIV transmission among MSM. Research Design and Methods: We have the unique opportunity to study correlates and investigate plausible underlying causal pathways or processes of HIV risk in men who are currently being recruited for an anonymous behavioral Internet-based survey through various gay-oriented general interest and sex-oriented websites. We will explore high-risk behaviors with latent variable modeling (LVM), which examines underlying causal pathways or processes and allows evaluation of multivariable relationships (including direct and indirect effects), some of which will involve latent dimensions.

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Public Health Problem: A resurgence in HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM) is a cause for concern, as the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases among MSM has increased since 1999. MSM have a considerably higher HIV prevalence rate than that of the general population, and there is growing information on recent sexual risk behavior trends among MSM, which include multiple sex partners, unprotected anal intercourse (UAI), and substance 使用。 目的：这项研究的长期目标是确定与HIV感染相关的特定药物使用和其他高风险行为，可能与在线教育，预防和/或减少危害有关。 具体目的：具体目的包括检查毒品和酒精使用之间的关联以及参与高风险性行为；对艾滋病毒的测试和艾滋病毒状况的知识；在使用互联网与性伴侣会面的男性中，（潜在的）性伴侣向（潜在的）性伴侣披露艾滋病毒状况；并测试基本因果途径或物质使用与MSM中HIV传播相关的高风险性行为之间的生存能力。 研究设计和方法：我们有独特的机会研究与目前正在为基于同性恋的一般兴趣和以性别为导向性的网站招募的匿名行为互联网调查的男性中的合理的基本因果途径或艾滋病毒风险过程。我们将探索具有潜在可变建模（LVM）的高风险行为，该行为研究了基本的因果路径或过程，并允许评估多变量关系（包括直接和间接效应），其中一些将涉及潜在的维度。