Boys Transitions Through Puberty

男孩经历青春期的转变

基本信息

批准号：
8302295
负责人：
Marni Sommer
金额：
$ 8.08万
依托单位：
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2011-07-16 至 2014-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8302295
关键词：
Address Adolescent Adult Affect Africa South of the Sahara Age Allied Health Sciences Applications Grants Applied Research Area Behavior Behavioral Belief Books Child Development Childhood Country Data Development Evaluation Future Gender Gender Relations HIV Infection Influentials Intervention Interview Male Adolescents Measurement Methodology Modeling Modernization Perception Process Puberty Recommendation Research Research Methodology Research Personnel Research Project Grants Risk Risk Behaviors Role Sampling Schools Sexual Health Sexual Partners Sexuality Sexually Transmitted Diseases Shapes Socialization Societies Source Survey Methodology Tanzania Testing Universities Violence Woman aged base behavioral/social science boys effective intervention empowered experience girls health disparity high risk insight interest male men novel research study response social stem young adult young man

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The social norms that guide boys' transitions through puberty and young adulthood are factors associated with high risk of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet few methodologies exist that adequately capture these norms and interpret their influences for response and intervention. A deeper understanding of the gendered norms societies are conveying to boys as they transition through puberty, and how best to shift those norms contributing to risky behavior, is critical for protecting both young men and their future sexual partners from acquiring HIV. Although a growing body of research exists on masculinity and HIV risk, the majority of studies were not conducted in SSA, the region with the highest HIV risk for adolescents; and few to no studies engaged boys themselves as a source of recommendations for future intervention. The objective of this small research grant (R03) is to develop a research methodology for engaging adolescent boys in the process of identifying the gendered influences shaping their transitions through puberty, the ways in which such influences shape boys' and girls' vulnerabilities to HIV, and how such influences can most effectively be addressed through intervention from the perspective of boys themselves. We propose the following specific aims: 1) To develop a novel in-depth participatory and dynamic methodology for ascertaining adolescent boys' experiences of transitioning through puberty and the gendered norms that are most influential in shaping young men's beliefs and behaviors related to masculinity, male sexuality, gender-based violence, and HIV risk. 2) To field test the methodology with a sample of 50 boys aged 16-19 in Tanzania in and out of school 3) To ascertain from adolescent boys the most effective approaches for shifting local masculinity norms that put them (and their future sexual partners) at risk of HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), and to utilize this exploratory data for the development of an R01 intervention and evaluation grant application. To accomplish these aims, we propose to conduct a two-year collaborative research study with adolescent and sexual-health researchers at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania. The process of developing and testing the methodology in Tanzania will provide important preliminary findings in the Tanzania setting for the conceptualization of a boy's puberty book intervention, to be developed and evaluated through an R01 application (to be submitted at the completion of this R03 study), and will also serve as a model for other SSA countries interested in understanding and addressing the gendered norms impacting on adolescent risk of HIV and other STIs within their countries.

描述（由申请人提供）：指导男孩通过青春期和年轻成年的过渡的社会规范是撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA）的高风险艾滋病毒风险相关的因素。然而，很少有能够充分捕获这些规范并解释其对响应和干预的影响的方法。对社会通过青春期过渡时，对男孩的性别规范的更深入的了解，以及如何最好地转移对危险行为的那些规范，这对于保护年轻人及其未来的性伴侣免于获取HIV至关重要。尽管对男性气质和艾滋病毒风险的研究越来越多，但大多数研究并未在SSA（该地区对青少年艾滋病毒风险最高的地区）进行。很少有学习使男孩本身作为将来干预的建议来源。这项小型研究补助金（R03）的目的是开发一种研究方法，以吸引青少年男孩，以识别性别影响，从而影响他们通过青春期的过渡，这种影响的方式影响了男孩和女孩对艾滋病毒的脆弱性，以及从男孩本身的介入中可以通过干预来最有效地解决这种影响。我们提出以下具体目的：1）开发一种新型的深入参与和动态方法，以确定青春期男孩通过青春期过渡的经历以及在塑造与男性性，男性性，基于性别的暴力和HIV风险相关的年轻男性信仰和行为方面最有影响力的性别规范。 2）在坦桑尼亚的50名男孩中，在坦桑尼亚进出学校的样本样本3）从青春期中确定最有效的方法，用于转移当地男性气质规范，使他们（及其未来的性伴侣）对艾滋病毒和其他性传播感染（stis）的风险（及其未来的性伴侣）进行了探索，以进行此次申请，以进行探索数据，以及时进行开发。为了实现这些目标，我们建议在坦桑尼亚的Muhimbili Health and Allied Sciences（Muhas）的青少年和性健康研究人员（MUHAS）与青少年和性健康研究人员进行两年合作研究。开发和测试坦桑尼亚方法的过程将在坦桑尼亚的概念化中为男孩的青春期书干预概念化提供重要的初步发现，并通过R01应用程序进行开发和评估（在此R03研究完成时提交和评估），并将在此范围内对其他型号进行统一的范围，以对SSA的其他风险进行，并与SSA的型号相关，并在SSA中遇到了范围的范围。他们的国家。