Gender Relations and Disease Risk Among Adolescents in Tanzania

该项目支持康涅狄格大学人类学专业的一名学生的学位论文研究。这项研究将检验这一假设，即非洲坦桑尼亚青春期女性患性传播疾病(STDS)的风险是她们与男性关系中的权力差异的函数。在坦桑尼亚，艾滋病病例第二多发生在20-24岁的妇女中，这表明感染是在青春期。资源差异理论预测，女性被伴侣虐待的可能性是女性无法获得资源的一个函数。该项目将通过评估青春期女性的权力差异来检验这一理论。定性和定量方法将同时用于结构化面试、分类任务以评估知识和焦点小组。这项研究很重要，因为性病在青少年中很重要，我们对青春期性行为的理解的进步将对规划者和政策制定者设计限制性病传播的计划具有重要意义。该项目的数据对青少年性行为的跨文化研究也很有价值。

This project supports the dissertation research of an anthropology student from the University of Connecticut. The research will test the hypothesis that the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) for adolescent females in Tanzania, Africa, is a function of power differences in their relationships with men. In Tanzania the second highest number of AIDS cases occurs among women ages 20-24, indicating infection during adolescence. The theory of resource differentials predicts that women's likelihood of being abused by their partners is a function of the women's inability to access resources. The project will test this theory by assessing the power differentials of adolescent females. Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used in structured interviews, sorting tasks to assess knowledge, and focus groups. This research is important because STDs are significant among adolescents and advances in our understanding of adolescent sexuality will be important for planners and policy makers designing programs to limit the spread of STDs. The data from this project will also be valuable for cross-cultural studies of adolescent sexual behavior.