HIV Risk Behavior in Men Engaged in Recreational Travel

从事休闲旅行的男性的艾滋病毒风险行为

• 批准号: 7167314
• 负责人: ERIC G BENOTSCH
• 金额: $ 19.03万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER/HSC DENVER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-11 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7167314
• 关键词: HIV infections; Internet; clinical research; data collection; disease /disorder proneness /risk; focus groups; high risk behavior /lifestyle; homosexuals; human subject; interview; longitudinal human study; male; mathematical model; motivation; sex behavior; sex partner; substance abuse related disorder; travel

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Persons traveling on vacation may seek new experiences, including some experiences that have negative health effects. A growing body of research documents increased substance use and high-risk sexual behavior in leisure travelers. Although the existing literature and our own pilot work is sufficient to document risk behaviors in travelers, relatively little is known about the psychosocial correlates of such behaviors. If effective interventions are to be developed for leisure travelers, more information is needed about the motivations for travel, intentions to seek new sexual partners while on vacation, information related to HIV risk while traveling, self-efficacy for engaging in HIV preventative behaviors while traveling, and other contextual and individual factors related to risk behaviors associated with leisure travel. In addition, little is known about this population's openness to receiving risk-reduction information while on vacation. This application, submitted in response to Program Announcement PA-03-107, Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21), seeks 2 years of funding to examine these issues in travelers to three popular tourist destinations: Key West, FL; New Orleans, LA; and Rehoboth Beach, DE. To examine these factors, we propose 3 stages of research: (1) formative qualitative work consisting of individual interviews with key informants and leisure travelers; (2) quantitative assessment of risk behaviors and psychosocial correlates of risk, including substance use and components of the 1MB model; (3) focus groups designed to obtain feedback about key themes and summary conclusions from these data. Primary study aims include: characterizing the sexual risk activities of travelers and comparing vacation risk behaviors to behaviors in participants' home communities, identifying key correlates of risk, and determining receptivity to prevention interventions. Each year, millions of people travel for leisure and many engage in behaviors that could jeopardize their health. If funded, this research will gather data concerning substance use and sexual risk behaviors in persons traveling on vacation. The purpose of the research is to better understand factors associated with risk in travelers, and to begin to identify effective risk-reduction strategies.

描述（由申请人提供）：度假旅行的人可能会寻求新的体验，包括一些对健康有负面影响的体验。越来越多的研究表明休闲旅行者的药物使用和高风险性行为有所增加。尽管现有文献和我们自己的试点工作足以记录旅行者的危险行为，但人们对此类行为的心理社会相关性知之甚少。如果要为休闲旅行者制定有效的干预措施，则需要更多关于旅行动机、度假时寻求新性伴侣的意图、旅行时与艾滋病毒风险相关的信息、旅行时参与艾滋病毒预防行为的自我效能的信息，以及与休闲旅行相关的风险行为相关的其他背景和个人因素。此外，人们对这一人群在度假期间是否愿意接受降低风险信息的态度知之甚少。本申请是根据计划公告 PA-03-107“探索性/发展性研究补助金 (R21)”提交的，寻求 2 年的资金来研究前往三个热门旅游目的地的旅行者的这些问题：佛罗里达州基韦斯特；佛罗里达州基韦斯特；路易斯安那州新奥尔良；和特拉华州里霍博斯比奇。为了检验这些因素，我们提出了三个研究阶段：（1）形成性定性工作，包括对关键信息提供者和休闲旅行者的单独访谈； (2) 风险行为和风险的社会心理相关性的定量评估，包括物质使用和 1MB 模型的组成部分； (3) 焦点小组旨在从这些数据中获取有关关键主题的反馈和总结结论。主要研究目的包括：描述旅行者的性风险活动特征，并将假期风险行为与参与者家乡社区的行为进行比较，确定风险的关键相关性，并确定对预防干预措施的接受程度。每年，数百万人进行休闲旅行，其中许多人的行为可能危害他们的健康。如果获得资助，这项研究将收集有关度假旅行人员的药物使用和性危险行为的数据。该研究的目的是更好地了解与旅行者风险相关的因素，并开始确定有效的降低风险策略。