Structural and Social Contexts of Substance Use, Violence and HIV Risk among Adolescent Gangs

青少年帮派中药物使用、暴力和艾滋病毒风险的结构和社会背景

基本信息

批准号：
8689996
负责人：
Julia B Dickson-Gomez
金额：
$ 54.91万
依托单位：
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
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：
2011-09-15 至 2016-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8689996
关键词：
AIDS prevention Address Adolescent African American Alcohol consumption Alcohol or Other Drugs use Area Attention Behavior Characteristics Cities Collaborations Communities Contracts Data Drug usage Environment Environmental Risk Factor Ethnic Origin Evaluation Female Focus Groups Gender Gender Role Geographic Locations Grant HIV HIV risk Illicit Drugs Individual Interpersonal Violence Intervention Interview Knowledge Latino Location Measures Neighborhoods Participant Pharmaceutical Preparations Phase Population Pregnancy Preventive Intervention Publishing Relative (related person)Research Research Methodology Research Personnel Research Project Grants Resources Risk Risk Behaviors Risk Reduction Role Sales Sampling Schools Series Severities Social Environment Social Network Structure Substance abuse problem Surveys Treatment Efficacy Unsafe Sex Variant Victimization Violence Women&apos s Role Work Youth base design drug market effective intervention gang gang violence girls high risk male meetings member physical abuse prevent sex sex risk social

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this four year project entitled "Structural and social contexts of substance use, violence and HIV risk among adolescent gangs" is to explore the relationship between differences in gang structure (size and complexity, initiation rites, rites of passage, gender composition, gender roles, and rules concerning substance use) of African American and Latino Milwaukee gangs, gang members' social context (including substance use, drug selling, social networks, and the context in which drugs are consumed and risky sex occurs), and environmental factors on the sexual risk behaviors of gang members. Specific aims include: 1. To compare gang structure, including differences in gender composition, size and complexity, gang initiation, and norms around drug selling and use among Latino and African American gangs in Milwaukee. 2. To identify differences in sexual risk behaviors among male and female members of different Latino and African American Milwaukee gangs. 3. To examine the impact of gang structure and environmental factors on gang members' risk behaviors and daily activities including involvement in substance use and illegal activities. The project will use qualitative and quantitative research methods. In the first phase, we will conduct in-depth interviews with 64 gang members. Gang members will be purposefully sampled to include male and female members of four different Latino and African American gangs. Gangs selected will include smaller, neighborhood based gangs, and larger corporate gangs. We will use the qualitative data to develop and pilot a quantitative survey measuring gang structure and members' daily activities including drug use, drug selling, the social context and physical setting in which sexual risk behaviors, drug and alcohol use occur. In the second phase of the project, we will administer the ACASI survey with 400 gang members, including members of gangs that were not part of the in-depth interviews to determine how gang structure, gang social context and environment influence sexual risk. In the final phase of the research, we will conduct a series of focus groups to help identify components of a multilevel prevention intervention, community resources that can be used to implement the intervention, and ways of tailoring interventions to appeal and meet the different needs of male and female gang members, and members of different ethnicities. We will have a Community Advisory Board, made up of community stakeholders and gang members, and a Scientific Advisor to advise us in all phases of the project.

描述（由申请人提供）：这个题为“青少年帮派中物质使用、暴力和艾滋病毒风险的结构和社会背景”的四年期项目的目的是探讨帮派结构差异（规模和复杂性、入会仪式、非裔美国人和拉丁裔密尔沃基帮派的通过仪式、性别构成、性别角色和有关药物使用的规则）、帮派成员的社会背景（包括药物使用、毒品销售、社交网络以及毒品使用的背景）消费和危险性行为的发生）以及环境因素对帮派成员危险性行为的影响。具体目标包括： 1. 比较帮派结构，包括密尔沃基的拉丁裔和非裔美国帮派在性别构成、规模和复杂性、帮派发起以及毒品销售和使用规范方面的差异。 2. 确定密尔沃基不同拉丁裔和非裔美国人帮派的男性和女性成员之间性危险行为的差异。 3. 考察帮派结构和环境因素对帮派成员危险行为和日常活动（包括参与毒品使用和非法活动）的影响。该项目将采用定性和定量研究方法。第一阶段，我们将对64名团伙成员进行深度访谈。将有目的地对帮派成员进行抽样，其中包括四个不同的拉丁美洲和非裔美国帮派的男性和女性成员。选定的帮派将包括较小的社区帮派和较大的企业帮派。我们将利用定性数据开发和试点一项定量调查，衡量帮派结构和成员的日常活动，包括吸毒、贩毒、发生危险性行为、吸毒和酗酒的社会背景和自然环境。在项目的第二阶段，我们将对 400 名帮派成员进行 ACASI 调查，其中包括未参与深度访谈的帮派成员，以确定帮派结构、帮派社会背景和环境如何影响性风险。在研究的最后阶段，我们将开展一系列焦点小组活动，以帮助确定多层次预防干预措施的组成部分、可用于实施干预措施的社区资源，以及定制干预措施以吸引和满足不同需求的方法。男性和女性帮派成员以及不同种族的成员。我们将设立一个由社区利益相关者和帮派成员组成的社区咨询委员会，以及一名科学顾问，在项目的各个阶段为我们提供建议。