HIV Prevention Among High Risk Men in South Africa

南非高危男性的艾滋病毒预防

• 批准号: 7062280
• 负责人: TIM LANE
• 金额: $ 16.73万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7062280
• 关键词: AIDS /HIV test; AIDS education /prevention; Africa; African; HIV infections; behavioral /social science research tag; belief; clinical research; condoms; counseling; focus groups; health behavior; health care service utilization; health services research tag; high risk behavior /lifestyle; homosexuals; human immunodeficiency virus; human subject; interview; male; model design /development; patient oriented research; sex behavior; sex partner; social model; substance abuse related behavior

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a need to develop effective HIV prevention interventions for high-risk men in sub-Saharan Africa, yet very little specific cultural, behavioral, or epidemiological data exists about these populations. Such information is crucial to the development and evaluation of behavioral interventions that can prevent the sexual transmission of HIV. This project aims to provide this preliminary information for high-risk men in Soweto, South Africa, and has two specific aims: 1) to examine the collective and individual belief systems of high-risk men related to their sexuality, sexual health, choice of sexual partners, use of drugs and alcohol, use of condoms, utilization of health services, HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), and disclosure of HIV status, in order to describe prevailing cultural norms around these subjects' behaviors; 2) to provide a baseline assessment of high risk men's experiences with VCT and to measure the prevalence of HIV risk factors and HIV infection in a probability sample of high-risk men. The project will provide preliminary data to be used in the development of an intervention for this community of men in Soweto that can be tested in an RO1-funded proposal.

描述（由申请人提供）：在撒哈拉以南非洲的高危男性有效预防艾滋病毒预防干预措施，但对于这些人群而言，但很少有特定的文化，行为或流行病学数据。这些信息对于可以防止艾滋病毒性传播的行为干预措施的发展和评估至关重要。该项目旨在为南非索维托的高风险男性提供此初步信息，并具有两个具体的目的：1）检查与性健康，性伴侣的选择，性伴侣的选择，使用毒品和酒精相关的高风险男人相关的集体和个人信仰体系围绕这些主题的行为； 2）在高风险男性的概率样本中，对高风险男性的VCT经历进行了基线评估，并衡量HIV危险因素和HIV感染的患病率。该项目将提供初步数据，用于开发索韦托这个男性社区的干预措施，该数据可以在RO1资助的建议中进行测试。