PROMOTING EARLY DETECTION OF HIV AMONG HISPANIC MSM

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：研究的主要目标 是开发和测试一个理论为基础的，专业知识， 文化上适当的信息，以鼓励西班牙裔男子谁与男子发生性关系 （HMSM）进行艾滋病毒检测，并了解他们目前的血清状态。研究 将既得利益理论（Crano，1995）与社会文化理论相结合， 艾滋病毒风险理论（迪亚兹，1998年），探讨阻碍检测的因素 对健康益处持强烈积极态度的男性的行为 艾滋病毒检测。研究分两个阶段进行。 场地参与者将接受采访，了解他们对艾滋病毒的态度 测试，他们的艾滋病毒测试历史，以及假设的因素， 缓和态度和行为之间的关系。Logistic回归 分析将确定哪些因素最强烈地区分那些 最近从那些没有接受过艾滋病毒检测的男性那里得到了艾滋病毒检测。(In这 申请，最近测试是指已经测试过的男性， 在过去12个月内返回的测试结果）这些数据将用于 形成一个有说服力的信息。这条信息将在一个 额外的100份HMSM样本，如果需要，进行精制，并检测在以下方面的疗效： 第二阶段。 在第二阶段，研究人员采用后测设计， 测试说服性信息的有效性，以提高最近的测试率 （测试和返回的结果）之间的HMSM。调查人员将 随机分配600名HMSM样本，从社区场所招募， 三个条件：条件1：书面信息加艾滋病病毒检测要约; 条件2：音频信息加HIV检测报价;或条件3：HIV检测3 offer 只.逻辑回归分析将测试最近的测试率是否 (test接受和返回结果）因条件而异。 他们还将研究不同条件的书面与书面的有效性。 音频）因文化适应程度而异。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): The primary goal of the study is to develop and test a theoretically-based, empirically-informed, and culturally appropriate message to encourage Hispanic men who have sex with men (HMSM) to get tested for HIV and to learn their current serostatus. The study integrates the theory of vested interest (Crano, 1995) with a socio-cultural theory of HIV risk (Diaz, 1998) to explore factors that hinder testing behaviors among men who hold strong positive attitudes about the benefits of HIV testing. The study is conducted in two phases. venues. Participants will be interviewed about their attitudes toward HIV testing, their HIV testing history, and factors that are hypothesized to moderate the relationship between attitudes and behavior. Logistic regression analyses will identify which factors most strongly distinguish those men who have been recently tested for HIV from those men who have not. (In this application, recently tested refers to men who have been tested and have returned for their test results in the last 12 months) These data will be used to develop a persuasive message. The message will be tested for strength on an additional sample of 100 HMSM, refined if required and tested for efficacy in Phase 2. In Phase 2, the investigators employ a post-test only design to experimentally test the efficacy of the persuasive message to increase rates of recent testing (testing and returning for the results) among HMSM. The investigators will randomly assign a sample of 600 HMSM, recruited from community venues, to one of three conditions: Condition 1: written message plus HIV test offer; Condition 2: audio message plus HIV test offer; or Condition 3: HIV test 3offer only. Logistic regression analyses will test whether rates of recent testing (test acceptance and return for results) differ as a function of condition. They will also examine whether the efficacy of different conditions written vs. audio) varies by level of acculturation.