HIV/AIDS RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM FOR BELIZEAN ADOLESCENTS

描述：（改编自申请人摘要）伯利兹的艾滋病毒感染率最高 中美洲的流行率。国家报告指出， 感染艾滋病毒的人年龄在15至25岁之间。鉴于 伯利兹人口少（222，000人），伯利兹人比例大 24岁以下（64%），艾滋病毒病例的持续增加可能会导致 对伯利兹的青少年人口造成毁灭性影响。 该项目的总体目标是促进减少艾滋病毒/艾滋病风险 在伯利兹的青少年中， 同伴教育的概念，迄今为止还没有被利用在这方面， 设置.最近在伯利兹设立了一个同伴教育方案。 伯利兹城的40名青少年参加了为期4天的艾滋病毒/艾滋病培训讲习班 成为合格的青少年同伴教育者这个项目叫做PEP/伯利兹 (Peer伯利兹教育方案）。在监测和评价之后， PEP/伯利兹将成为艾滋病毒/艾滋病综合保健的重要组成部分 针对伯利兹青少年的教育和推广方案。有 本研究的三个具体目标。(1)监督同伴教育计划 通过使用定量和定性措施。(2)评价 消除贫穷方案/伯利兹在知识、态度和 性行为(3)编制一份人教方案/伯利兹培训和参考手册。 这本手册将作为指导青少年进行教育 sessions.一个理论/概念模型被用来指导 干预计划，并将被用来检查之间的关系， 因变量和自变量。这一概念框架利用 来自健康信念模型、社会学习理论和社会 影响模型 同伴教育计划的影响评估将通过使用 准实验、非等效对照组设计。为了确保平等 实验组和对照组中每种类型青年的代表性 参加研究的12个组织将在以下方面进行匹配： 组织类型、年龄、性别和教育程度。 将使用一系列双变量分析来检验 因变量和自变量（例如，卡方检验、t检验和 相关分析）。多变量分析技术，如MANOVA和 回归分析将用于测试多个 因变量和自变量。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract) Belize has the highest HIV prevalence rate in Central America. National reports state that 28.5% of the individuals infected with HIV are between the ages of 15 and 25. Given the small population size of Belize (222,000) and the large percentage of Belizeans under the age of 24 (64%), the continued increase of HIV cases could have a devastating impact on the adolescent population of Belize. The overall goal of this project is to promote HIV/AIDS risk reduction behaviors among adolescents in Belize by using an innovative approach to the concept of peer education that has not heretofore been utilized in this setting. A peer education program has recently been established in Belize. Forty teens in Belize City went through a four day HIV/AIDS training workshop to become certified as teen peer educators. This program is called PEP/BELIZE (Peer Education Program of Belize). Following monitoring and evaluation, PEP/BELIZE will become a vital part of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS health education and outreach program targeted to adolescents in Belize. There are three specific aims of this study. (1) To monitor the peer education program through the use of both quantitative and qualitative measures. (2) To evaluate the effects of PEP/BELIZE with respect to changes in knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices. (3) To develop a PEP/BELIZE training and reference manual. This manual will serve as a guideline for teens conducting the educational sessions. A theoretical/conceptual model was used to guide the development of the intervention program and will be used to examine the relationship between the dependent and independent variables. This conceptual framework utilizes concepts from The Health Belief Model, Social Learning Theory, and Social Influences Model. An impact evaluation of the peer education program will be conducted by using a quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group design. To ensure an equal representation of each type of youth group in both the experimental and control groups, the twelve organizations participating in the study will be matched on type of organization, age, gender and educational level. A series of bivariate analyses will be used to test the association between the dependent and independent variables (e.g., chi-square tests, t-tests and correlational analyses). Multivariate analytical techniques, such as MANOVA and regression analysis will be used to test the relationships between multiple dependent and independent variables.