Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Sociological Analysis of Trust, Commitment, and Health Risk among Young Adults

SES-0623233 PI：Ulla LarsonCo PI：Megan Klein机构：马里兰大学帕克分校在坦桑尼亚，7%的成年人口是艾滋病毒阳性。 信任和承诺在预防艾滋病方面发挥着复杂但关键的作用。 这些可能是长期忠诚的先决条件。在预防艾滋病的ABC中，禁欲、忠诚、使用避孕套、忠诚仍然相对缺乏研究。为了更好地预防艾滋病毒，必须更好地理解信任和承诺的作用。通过与国际人口服务组织（PSI）的合作，这项研究旨在提高对信任和承诺在预防艾滋病中的作用的理解，这一关键目标群体是15至24岁的个人。在PSI在坦桑尼亚进行年度家庭调查之前，将进行深入访谈，探讨当地对个人如何建立对其伴侣的信任和承诺以及信任和承诺如何影响安全套使用和忠诚的理解。以家庭为基础的调查将为量化信任、承诺和艾滋病预防之间的关系提供实证基础。调查结束后，第二轮深入访谈将澄清调查数据中发现的关系。这项研究更广泛的影响是，它有助于我们理解信任和承诺在产生积极的健康成果，特别是艾滋病预防规划方面的作用。

SES-0623233PI: Ulla LarsonCo PI: Megan KleinInstitution: University of Maryland-College ParkIn Tanzania, seven percent of the adult population is HIV positive. Trust and commitment play a complex but critical role in AID prevention. These are likely prerequisites for long-term fidelity. Of the ABC's of AIDS prevention, abstain, be faithful, use condoms, fidelity remains relatively under-researched. For HIV prevention to better address couples, the role of trust and commitment must be better understood. Through collaboration with Population Services International (PSI), this research aims to improve the understanding of the role of trust and commitment in AIDS prevention for a key target group: individuals aged 15 to 24. Prior to PSI's annual household-based survey in Tanzania, in-depth interviews will be conducted to explore local understandings of how individuals develop trust in and commitment to their partners and how trust and commitment affect condom use and fidelity. The household-based survey will provide the empirical basis for quantifying the relationship between trust, commitment, and AIDS prevention. After the survey, a second round of in-depth interviews will clarify the relationships found in the survey data. The broader impacts of this research is that it contributes to our understanding of the role of trust and commitment in producing positive health outcomes, in particular AIDS prevention planning.