Dissertation Research: Socio-Economic Determinants of Risky Behaviors in Uganda

论文研究：乌干达危险行为的社会经济决定因素

• 批准号: 9632207
• 负责人: Leslie Lieberman
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-08-01 至 1997-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9632207&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Socio; Economic; Determinants

This award supports the dissertation research of an anthropology student at the University of Florida. The project is to study the determinants of risky behaviors by adolescents in Uganda which facilitate the spread of HIV. A stratified sample of 260 adolescents aged 13-19 will be drawn from three areas and an extensive survey administered on demographic and personal behavior. A saliva test will determine the total number of positive HIV cases in the sample, and test the central research hypothesis that school status is a protective factor against risk-based diseases. Eighty persons from the total sample will be randomly selected for individual interviews and focus groups. The correlation of epidemiological data with qualitative responses to the demographic and survey data and interviews will allow a powerful analysis of the actual influence of the socio-economic context on adolescent vulnerability to risky diseases. This research is important because a good part of mortality across the world can be attributed to risky behaviors (e.g., smoking, over-eating, under-exercising, sexual promiscuity, etc.). Major advances in human well being will depend on behavior changes which are not well understood at present. This project will advance the base of knowledge of adolescent behavior research, as well as enable the final Ph.D. training of a student who will contribute of the nation's base of scientific investigators and our store of expertise about this important region of the world.

该奖项支持佛罗里达大学人类学学生的论文研究。 该项目的目的是研究乌干达青少年危险行为的决定因素，这些因素助长了艾滋病毒的传播。 从三个地区分层抽取260名13-19岁的青少年，并对人口统计学和个人行为进行广泛的调查。 唾液测试将确定样本中阳性艾滋病毒病例的总数，并测试中心研究假设，即学校状况是预防风险疾病的保护因素。 从全部样本中随机抽取八十人进行个别访问和焦点小组讨论。 将流行病学数据与对人口和调查数据的定性答复以及访谈联系起来，就可以有力地分析社会经济背景对青少年易患危险疾病的实际影响。 这项研究很重要，因为世界各地的死亡率很大一部分可以归因于危险行为（例如，吸烟、暴饮暴食、运动不足、性滥交等）。 人类福祉的重大进步将取决于目前尚未很好理解的行为变化。 该项目将推进青少年行为研究的知识基础，并使最终的博士学位。培养一名学生，他将为国家的科学调查人员基地和我们关于世界这一重要地区的专业知识做出贡献。