HIV/AIDS PREVENTION RESEARCH IN ST.CROIX,U.S. V.I.

美国圣克罗伊岛的艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防研究

• 批准号: 6667086
• 负责人: HILARY L SURRATT
• 金额: $ 10.22万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-27 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6667086
• 关键词: AIDS /HIV test; AIDS education /prevention; African Caribbean; Caribbean islands; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; culture; disease /disorder proneness /risk; drug abuse; epidemiology; gender difference; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; human therapy evaluation; sex behavior

This is an R21 exploratory/developmental application Rates of AIDS in the Caribbean Basin are second only to those in Sub-Saharan Africa In the U S Virgin Islands, rates are also high, and are increasing especially fast among women For the period July 1999 - June 2000, the rate of newly reported cases of AIDS among men in the Virgin Islands was 679 per 100,000 population, ranking it third (after Washington, D C and New York) among the United States and its territories The rate for women was 340 per 100,000, ranking it second (after Washington, D C) HIV/AIDS prevention research has never been conducted in the U S Virgin Islands, and to date there are no programs which address the cultural issues and prevention barriers specific to African-Caribbean islanders in general, and to Virgin Islanders in particular As such, and with the support of the Virgin Islands Department of Health, the Women's Coalition of St Croix, the Men's Coalition of the Virgin Islands, the University of the Virgin Islands and theVl Medical Institute, the aims of the proposed research are to 1) determine the nature and extent of HIV risk behaviors within populations of sexually active, drug and/or alcoholinvolved, women and men in St Croix, U SVl, 2) develop and test the appropriateness and acceptability of culturally relevant HIV prevention/interventions for the target populations, and 3) explore the feasibility of QraSure HIV testing These aims will be accomplished by a) collecting baseline data on drug-using and sexual behaviors, HIV risks, and other life experiences from 100 women and 100 men who appear to be at high risk for HIV infection, b) conducting focus groups with key informants in the health and human services fields as well as representatives of religious and police organizations, and members of the target populations to determine the supports, barriers, and impediments to safe sex, drug use, and HIV testing, c) developing female-oriented and male-oriented HIV interventions based on the input from the target populations, and d) assessing the cultural appropriateness and suitability of the resulting interventions through focus groups with key informants and members of the target populations.

这是一个 R21 探索性/开发性应用 加勒比盆地的艾滋病发病率仅次于撒哈拉以南非洲地区 在美属维尔京群岛，艾滋病发病率也很高，并且在女性中增长尤其快 1999 年 7 月至 6 月期间2000年，维尔京群岛新报告的男性艾滋病病例率为每10万人口679例，位居世界第三位（仅次于华盛顿特区和纽约）。美国及其领土 女性比例为每 10 万人中 340 人，位居第二（仅次于华盛顿特区） 美属维尔京群岛从未进行过艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防研究，迄今为止还没有解决文化问题的计划非洲-加勒比岛民特别是维尔京群岛居民特有的预防障碍 因此，并在维尔京群岛卫生部、圣克罗伊妇女联盟、男子联盟的支持下维尔京群岛大学、维尔京群岛大学和维尔京群岛医学研究所提出，拟议研究的目的是 1) 确定性活跃、吸毒和/或酗酒的女性和男性人群中艾滋病毒危险行为的性质和程度在圣克罗伊，US SVl，2) 开发和测试目标人群文化相关的 HIV 预防/干预措施的适当性和可接受性，以及 3) 探索 QraSure HIV 检测的可行性 这些目标将通过a) 从 100 名似乎处于 HIV 感染高风险的女性和 100 名男性中收集关于吸毒和性行为、HIV 风险以及其他生活经历的基线数据，b) 与健康和人类健康领域的关键信息提供者进行焦点小组讨论服务领域以及宗教和警察组织的代表以及目标人群成员，以确定支持、障碍和 安全性行为、吸毒和艾滋病毒检测的障碍，c) 根据目标人群的意见制定面向女性和男性的艾滋病毒干预措施，以及 d) 通过焦点小组评估由此产生的干预措施的文化适当性和适用性关键信息提供者和目标人群成员。