Predictors of HIV Risks Among Urban Youth

城市青年艾滋病毒风险的预测因素

• 批准号: 6966664
• 负责人: DEXTER Rommell VOISIN
• 金额: $ 7.63万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-03 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6966664
• 关键词: AIDS; African American; HIV infections; academic achievement; adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; computer program /software; culture; data collection methodology /evaluation; disease /disorder proneness /risk; drug abuse; family structure /dynamics; health disparity; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; interview; negative reinforcements; peer group; psychological stressor; sex behavior; socioeconomics; statistics /biometry; substance abuse related behavior; urban area; violence

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Objectives: A disproportionate number of urban African American youth are engaging in HIV sexual risk behaviors. Accumulating evidence suggests that among youth, factors such as family and community violence exposure, psychological distress, low school achievement and negative peer group associations are related to HIV sexual risk behaviors. However, to date, no research has examined the interrelationships among these variables with regards to Urban African American youth and their disproportionate rates of HIV infection. Guided by a developmental framework, this exploratory study investigates whether higher levels of psychological distress, lower school achievement, and increased negative peer group association mediates the relationship between family and community violence exposure and increased HIV sexual risk behaviors. Design: Using audio-computer assisted self-interviewing technology, data on socio-demographics, violence exposure, psychological distress, school achievement, peer associations, and sexual behaviors will be collected from 300 African American youth in the 9th and 10th grades, attending a high school on Chicago's Southside. Structural equation modeling (SEM) would examine the relationships among variables. Conclusions: The findings from this study hold promise for increasing our understanding of the interrelationship among key factors associated with risky sexual behaviors among urban African American youth. Such knowledge is critical to designing HIV prevention programs that are culture-specific, in order to curtail the increasing spread of infection.

描述（由申请人提供）： 目标：不成比例的城市非洲裔美国青年从事艾滋病毒性危险行为。越来越多的证据表明，在青少年中，家庭和社区暴力暴露、心理困扰、学业成绩差和消极的同侪群体联系等因素与艾滋病毒性危险行为有关。然而，迄今为止，还没有研究探讨这些变量与城市非裔美国青年及其不成比例的艾滋病毒感染率之间的相互关系。在发展框架的指导下，这项探索性研究调查了较高水平的心理困扰、较低的学业成绩和增加的消极同伴群体交往是否介导了家庭和社区暴力暴露与艾滋病毒性危险行为增加之间的关系。 设计：使用音频计算机辅助自我访谈技术，将从 300 名 9 年级和 10 年级的非裔美国青少年中收集有关社会人口统计、暴力暴露、心理困扰、学业成绩、同伴交往和性行为的数据，这些青少年参加了芝加哥南区的高中。结构方程模型（SEM）将检查变量之间的关系。 结论：这项研究的结果有望增进我们对城市非裔美国青年危险性行为相关关键因素之间相互关系的理解。这些知识对于设计针对特定文化的艾滋病毒预防计划至关重要，以遏制感染的日益蔓延。