Identifying opportunities to integrate technology into HIV prevention for South A

寻找将技术融入南 A 艾滋病毒预防的机会

• 批准号: 8141070
• 负责人: Michele L. Ybarra
• 金额: $ 7.68万
• 依托单位: CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8141070
• 关键词: 15 year old; AIDS prevention; AIDS/HIV problem; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; African; Age-Years; Behavior; Behavioral; Country; HIV; HIV Infections; HIV Seropositivity; International; Internet; Intervention; Life; Modeling; Morbidity - disease rate; Motivation; Prevention program; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resources; Schools; South Africa; Surveys; Technology; Text; Time; Ursidae Family; Youth; base; burden of illness; cost; design; mortality; novel; novel strategies; tool; trend

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): HIV/AIDS is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in South Africa1,2, where an estimated one in five adults are HIV positive. Young people bear a particularly high disease burden: 34% of new cases of HIV occur among those 15-24 years of age. Moreover, it is estimated that if the current HIV infection rates remain stable in South Africa, 50% of 15-year-olds alive today will die from AIDS. The impact that HIV is having on South African adolescents cannot be overstated. Several researchers have recently noted that adolescent-focused interventions in South Africa are not having an impact as effective as desired. Certainly, intervention delivery mechanisms that are low-cost, scalable, and modifiable to reflect changing behavioral trends, such as the Internet and text messaging, should be considered as additional tools to add to the arsenal of available HIV prevention programs. As the first step in designing such an HIV prevention program, this R03 proposes to conduct a quantitative survey among 1,500 grade school youth in South Africa. Findings will identify opportunities that technology may pose for HIV prevention message delivery. This R03 will serve as a launching pad for a subsequent R01 proposing the design of a HIV prevention program that is culturally sensitive, as well as developmentally and technologically relevant for adolescents in South Africa. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: HIV/AIDS is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality for adolescents living in South Africa. New approaches to HIV prevention are needed. Now is the time to develop technology- based HIV prevention programs in resource-limited countries. Given the rapidity with which technology use is changing however, it is unclear whether the Internet or text messaging is the preferred delivery mechanism. Our proposed research project will identify opportunities to use technology as a novel message delivery mechanism with South African adolescents.

描述（由申请人提供）：艾滋病毒/艾滋病是南非发病率和死亡率的主要因素1,2，估计有五分之一的成年人为艾滋病毒阳性。年轻人承担着特别高的疾病负担：在15-24岁的新艾滋病毒中，有34％发生。此外，据估计，如果目前的艾滋病毒感染率在南非保持稳定，那么今天活着的15岁儿童中有50％将死于艾滋病。艾滋病毒对南非青少年的影响不能被夸大。几位研究人员最近指出，南非以青少年为中心的干预措施没有所需的影响。当然，应将干预交付机制低成本，可扩展性和可修改以反映不断变化的行为趋势（例如互联网和文本消息传递），应视为添加到可用的HIV预防计划的武器库中的其他工具。作为设计这样的艾滋病毒预防计划的第一步，该R03提议在南非1,500年级青年中进行定量调查。调查结果将确定技术可能为艾滋病毒预防消息传递带来的机会。该R03将作为随后的R01的发射垫，提议在文化上敏感的艾滋病毒预防计划的设计，以及与南非青少年的发展和技术上相关的。 公共卫生相关性：艾滋病毒/艾滋病是居住在南非青少年的发病率和死亡率的主要因素。需要新的预防艾滋病毒方法。现在是时候在资源有限国家开发基于技术的HIV预防计划了。鉴于技术使用的速度正在发生变化，但尚不清楚互联网还是文本消息是首选的交付机制。我们提出的研究项目将确定将技术用作南非青少年的新型消息传递机制的机会。