Youth Gangs: drug use, sexual behavior, violence & HIV risk

青少年帮派：吸毒、性行为、暴力

• 批准号: 7005969
• 负责人: Bill Sanders
• 金额: $ 7.62万
• 依托单位: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7005969
• 关键词: African American; HIV infections; Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans; adolescence (12-20); age at pregnancy; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; cognition disorders; correctional institutions; death; disabling disease; disease /disorder proneness /risk; drug abuse; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; injury; interview; overdose; racial /ethnic difference; sex behavior; sexually transmitted diseases; small social group; violence; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary: Young gang members engage in high risk behaviors that place them at significant risk for a range of negative health outcomes, including drug dependence, injury from violence, sexual abuse, and HIV infection. However, few studies have examined the public health risks associated with gang membership. The proposed research will develop an epidemiological profile of the practices and patterns of sexual behavior, drug use, and violence amongst gang-identified youths. Secondly, the research will describe and analyze the relationship between these behaviors and risks of HIV, STIs, and other negative health outcomes, such as drug overdoses, cognitive impairment, unplanned parenthood, incarceration, injury, disability, and death. Thirdly, the research will further refine an ethno-epidemiological methodology to examine drug use, sexual behaviors, and violence among youth gang members in terms of HIV risk and other health risks. Finally, the research will examine how well the existing theories on drug use, violence, and sexual risks explain these behaviors amongst gang-identified youth. Qualitative methods, including targeted observations and in-depth interviews, will be applied to recruit 50 young people, aged 16-25, from communities within Western Los Angeles who identify as gang members. The sample population will include both men and women, and will be comprised of predominantly Mexican-Americans, Latinos, and/or African- Americans. This study will unfold in two phases: Phase One is the Community Assessment Process (CAP) whereby interviews will be conducted with individuals who work with youth gang members in these areas. These individuals will assist in assessing particular gangs and targeting individual gang members for enrollment into the study. Based upon these interviews and subsequent ethnographic maps, two contrasting gangs will be located in Western Los Angeles. Phase Two aims to carry out Key Participant Interviews (KPIs) with 50 self-identified youth gang members from two gangs recruited during Phase One. Relevance: This study will examine high risk behaviors, such drug use, sexual practices, and violence, among a largely hidden population of young people - gang-involved youth. Findings from this study will inform new approaches towards preventing high risk behaviors among youth gang members, and forward a public health agenda benefiting future young gang members.

描述（由申请人提供）：项目摘要：年轻的帮派成员从事高风险行为，使他们面临一系列负面健康结果的巨大风险，包括毒品依赖，暴力受伤，性虐待和HIV感染。但是，很少有研究检查与帮派成员有关的公共卫生风险。拟议的研究将发展出识别帮派认同的年轻人的性行为，毒品使用和暴力的实践和模式的流行病学特征。其次，该研究将描述和分析这些行为与艾滋病毒，性传播感染和其他负面健康结果的风险之间的关系，例如药物过量，认知障碍，计划外的育儿，监禁，伤害，残疾和死亡。第三，这项研究将进一步完善一种民族性疾病学方法，以研究艾滋病毒风险和其他健康风险，以检查青年团伙成员的药物使用，性行为和暴力。最后，该研究将研究现有的有关吸毒，暴力和性风险的理论如何解释被帮派认同的青年中的这些行为。定性方法，包括有针对性的观察和深入的访谈，将适用于从洛杉矶西部的社区中招募50名年轻人，年龄在16-25岁之间，这些社区被认为是帮派成员。样本人口将包括男性和女性，并由主要是墨西哥裔美国人，拉丁裔和/或非裔美国人组成。这项研究将分为两个阶段：第一阶段是社区评估过程（CAP），在该过程中将与与这些领域的青年团伙成员合作的个人进行访谈。这些人将协助评估特定的帮派，并针对单个帮派成员参加研究。基于这些访谈和随后的人种志图，两个对比的帮派将位于洛杉矶西部。第二阶段的目的是与第一阶段招募的两个团伙的50名自明的青年帮成员进行关键的参与者访谈（KPI）。相关性：本研究将检查高风险行为，这种吸毒，性行为和暴力，在很大程度上隐藏的年轻人中 - 涉及帮派的青年。这项研究的发现将为预防青年帮派成员的高风险行为提供新的方法，并将公共卫生议程提高，从而使未来的年轻帮派成员受益。