HIV/STD Prevention for High-Risk Youth in Liberia

利比里亚高危青少年的艾滋病毒/性病预防

• 批准号: 7653757
• 负责人: Stephen B. Kennedy
• 金额: $ 46.56万
• 依托单位: PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RES AND EVALUATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-02 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7653757
• 关键词: 14 year old; 15 year old; 19 year old; Abstinence; Accounting; Adolescent; Affect; Age; Behavior Therapy; Behavioral; Capital; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Characteristics; Cities; Coitus; Communities; Country; County; Cultural Backgrounds; Data; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Epidemic; Failure; Federal Government; Female; Fostering; Frequencies; Goals; HIV; Health; Information Services; Intervention; Intervention Studies; Journals; Knowledge; Liberia; Manuals; Manuscripts; Mediating; Medical; Outcome Measure; Pamphlets; Peer Review; Phase; Policies; Population; Pregnancy; Preparation; Prevalence; Prevention; Prevention program; Process Measure; Publishing; Randomized; Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials; Randomized Controlled Trials; Recruitment Activity; Relative (related person); Reporting; Research; Research Activity; Research Project Grants; Resources; Review Literature; Risk; Risk Behaviors; Risk Reduction; Schools; Self Efficacy; Sex Behavior; Sexual Partners; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Stress; System; Tanzania; Training; Training Programs; Uganda; Virus Diseases; War; Youth; age group; aged; base; condoms; consistent condom use; delay sex; design; experience; high risk; high risk sexual behavior; infrastructure development; intervention program; male; meetings; phrases; post intervention; prevent; primary outcome; programs; protective behavior; secondary outcome; sexual encounter; skill acquisition; skills; social skills; symposium; theories; therapy design; urban area

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this project is to prevent HIV/STD among youth in Liberia. The project has two specific aims: (1) the primary aim is to culturally adapt, implement, and rigorously evaluate an effective HIV/STD intervention program among high-risk Liberian youth aged 15-17 years; and (2) the secondary aim is to increase the capacity of the Liberian research team and community stakeholders to successfully implement the proposed study. Eligible youth will be recruited from schools within the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) and youth-serving organizations (YSOs) in Montserrado County which includes Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia and randomly assigned to one of two conditions: Making Proud Choices (intervention) and a General Health Program (control). Making Proud Choices (MPC) is a research-based, 8-module, behavioral-based program that stresses HIV/STD risk reduction among high-risk youth of diverse cultural backgrounds. The General Health Program (GHP) is an 8-module health program that provides basic information on the prevention of common health conditions that affect Liberian youth. All intervention material will be developed and/or adapted by the research team based on extensive literature review and prior research. The intervention and control conditions will be administered to youth in separate small group settings by trained program co-facilitators and then evaluated at baseline, program completion, and at 6- and 12-month post-intervention follow-ups. Outcome measures will assess primary outcomes (frequency of unprotected sexual intercourse and condom use) and secondary outcomes (e.g., HIV/STD protective knowledge, self-efficacy, and social competency skills). Process measures will assess implementation quality and various program characteristics and dynamics. Capacity building activities will revolve around the cultural adaptation, behavioral theories, and effective implementation of the proposed HIV/STD intervention research project. Products developed from this project (i.e., manuals, brochures, reports, and manuscripts) will be disseminated at workshops, shared with community stakeholders and the national government at an end-user conference in Liberia, presented at regional conferences, and published in peer- reviewed journals.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的目的是防止利比里亚青年中的艾滋病毒/性病。该项目有两个具体的目的：（1）主要目的是在文化上适应，实施和严格评估15-17岁的高风险利比里亚青年中的有效的HIV/STD干预计划； （2）次要目的是提高利比里亚研究团队和社区利益相关者成功实施拟议的研究的能力。符合条件的青年将从蒙罗维亚合并学校系统（MCS）和蒙特塞拉多县的青年服务组织（YSOS）的学校中招募，其中包括蒙罗维亚，包括蒙罗维亚，利比里亚首都，并随机分配给两个条件之一：做出骄傲的选择（干预）和一般健康计划（一般健康计划）（控制）。做出骄傲的选择（MPC）是一项基于研究的8模块，基于行为的计划，它强调各种文化背景的高风险青年的艾滋病毒/性病风险降低。一般健康计划（GHP）是一个8模块的健康计划，可提供有关预防影响利比里亚青年的常见健康状况的基本信息。所有干预材料将由研究团队根据广泛的文献综述和先前的研究开发和/或改编。干预和控制条件将通过训练有素的计划共同领导者在单独的小组环境中对年轻人进行管理，然后在基线完成，计划完成以及6个月后进行干预后的随访中进行评估。结果措施将评估主要结果（未受保护的性交和使用避孕套的频率）和次要结果（例如，艾滋病毒/性病保护知识，自我效能和社会能力技能）。过程措施将评估实施质量以及各种程序特征和动态。能力建设活动将围绕文化适应，行为理论以及拟议的HIV/STD干预研究项目的有效实施。该项目开发的产品（即手册，小册子，报告和手稿）将在讲习班上传播，与社区利益相关者和国家政府在利比里亚的最终用户会议上与社区利益相关者和国家政府共享，并在区域会议上发表，并发表在PEER-REVER-REVERCER-REVERCER-REVIENERELALS中。