Drug Use and HIV Risk in Nicaragua

尼加拉瓜的吸毒和艾滋病毒风险

• 批准号: 6667087
• 负责人: Michele G Shedlin
• 金额: $ 7.1万
• 依托单位: NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-27 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6667087
• 关键词: Central America; HIV infections; Hispanic Americans; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; communicable disease transmission; data collection methodology /evaluation; drug abuse; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; interview; racial /ethnic difference; sex behavior; substance abuse epidemiology; substance abuse related behavior; training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R03 application proposes an exploratory study addressing factors related to the drug use and HIV nexus, a direction new to HIV research in Nicaragua where the relationship between drug use and HIV is not yet programmatically or politically recognized. The study design includes the use of ethnography and a qualitative approach for this initial, exploratory study of drug user patterns in the country. The study will also provide the opportunity to mentor the research skills of the leading HIV-focused NGO in Nicaragua. The objective of the research is to explore the relationship of drug use to HIV in Nicaragua's capital city, Managua. It will identify and describe the context and specific drug use behaviors that influence HIV risk. The project will be conducted by a team of researchers from the United States and Nicaragua with extensive experience in HIV-drug use research with Hispanic populations and experience with policy development in Nicaragua. The project will consist of 3 phases: (1) Background data collection and training in country on drug use, drug research methodology, and the relationships between drug use and HIV; (2) Instrument development, pre-testing and data collection (including focus groups with high risk behavior and gatekeeper communities, key informant interviews, and semi-structured, open-ended interviews with users of illicit drugs [cocaine, crack, heroin and pharmaceuticals]); and (3) Data analysis and dissemination (including summary reports prepared in English and Spanish), which will incorporate recommendations for future research and prevention efforts. The dearth of behavioral and other data on HIV and substance abuse in Nicaragua, a country with many of the preconditions for a drug use-HIV epidemic, point to the critical need for the proposed research.

描述（由申请人提供）：此R03申请提出了一项探索性研究，以解决与药物使用和HIV Nexus有关的因素，这是尼加拉瓜的HIV研究的新方向，在该方向上，尼加拉瓜的艾滋病毒研究方向尚未在程序上或政治上认可毒品使用与HIV之间的关系。研究设计包括对该国药物用户模式的最初的探索性研究的使用和定性方法。这项研究还将提供机会指导尼加拉瓜以艾滋病毒为重点的非政府组织的研究技能。该研究的目的是探索尼加拉瓜首都Managua中使用毒品与艾滋病毒的关系。它将识别并描述影响艾滋病毒风险的上下文和特定药物使用行为。 该项目将由来自美国和尼加拉瓜的一组研究人员进行，在HIV-Crug研究方面具有丰富的经验，并在西班牙裔人群中使用研究，并在尼加拉瓜的政策制定方面经验。该项目将包括3个阶段：（1）在药物使用，药物研究方法论以及毒品使用与艾滋病毒之间的关系中的背景数据收集和培训； （2）仪器开发，预测试和数据收集（包括具有高风险行为和守门人社区的焦点小组，关键的线人访谈以及与非法药物的用户[可卡因，裂缝，海洛因和药物的半结构性开放式访谈]）； （3）数据分析和传播（包括用英语和西班牙语准备的摘要报​​告），其中将纳入未来的研究和预防工作的建议。尼加拉瓜的行为和其他有关艾滋病毒和药物滥用的数据的匮乏，尼加拉瓜是一个具有许多药物使用HIV流行前提条件的国家，这表明对拟议研究的迫切需要。