HIV/AIDS PREVENTION RESEARCH IN ST.CROIX,U.S. V.I.

美国圣克罗伊岛的艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防研究

• 批准号: 6667086
• 负责人: HILARY L SURRATT
• 金额: $ 10.22万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-27 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6667086
• 关键词: AIDS /HIV test; AIDS education /prevention; African Caribbean; Caribbean islands; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; culture; disease /disorder proneness /risk; drug abuse; epidemiology; gender difference; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; human therapy evaluation; sex behavior

This is an R21 exploratory/developmental application Rates of AIDS in the Caribbean Basin are second only to those in Sub-Saharan Africa In the U S Virgin Islands, rates are also high, and are increasing especially fast among women For the period July 1999 - June 2000, the rate of newly reported cases of AIDS among men in the Virgin Islands was 679 per 100,000 population, ranking it third (after Washington, D C and New York) among the United States and its territories The rate for women was 340 per 100,000, ranking it second (after Washington, D C) HIV/AIDS prevention research has never been conducted in the U S Virgin Islands, and to date there are no programs which address the cultural issues and prevention barriers specific to African-Caribbean islanders in general, and to Virgin Islanders in particular As such, and with the support of the Virgin Islands Department of Health, the Women's Coalition of St Croix, the Men's Coalition of the Virgin Islands, the University of the Virgin Islands and theVl Medical Institute, the aims of the proposed research are to 1) determine the nature and extent of HIV risk behaviors within populations of sexually active, drug and/or alcoholinvolved, women and men in St Croix, U SVl, 2) develop and test the appropriateness and acceptability of culturally relevant HIV prevention/interventions for the target populations, and 3) explore the feasibility of QraSure HIV testing These aims will be accomplished by a) collecting baseline data on drug-using and sexual behaviors, HIV risks, and other life experiences from 100 women and 100 men who appear to be at high risk for HIV infection, b) conducting focus groups with key informants in the health and human services fields as well as representatives of religious and police organizations, and members of the target populations to determine the supports, barriers, and impediments to safe sex, drug use, and HIV testing, c) developing female-oriented and male-oriented HIV interventions based on the input from the target populations, and d) assessing the cultural appropriateness and suitability of the resulting interventions through focus groups with key informants and members of the target populations.

艾滋病在加勒比盆地的发病率仅次于撒哈拉以南非洲的发病率。在美属维尔京群岛，发病率也很高，而且在妇女中增长特别快。1999年7月至2000年6月期间，维尔京群岛新报告的男子艾滋病发病率为每10万人679例，排名第三（仅次于华盛顿）。D C和纽约)在美国及其地区的女性是340每100000人,排名第二)(在华盛顿D C)艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防研究从未在美国维尔京群岛进行的,迄今为止,没有程序,解决文化问题和预防特定障碍-加勒比岛民在一般情况下,和处女岛民尤其是这样,和维尔京群岛卫生部的支持,圣克罗伊的妇女联盟,维尔京群岛的男人的联盟,维尔京群岛和theVl大学医学研究所提出的研究的目的是1)确定艾滋病危险行为的性质和范围内的性活跃人群,药物和/或alcoholinvolved,女性和男性在圣克罗伊,U SVl, 2)开发和测试的适当性和可接受性文化有关艾滋病毒预防/为目标人群的干预措施,和3)探索的可行性QraSure艾滋病毒检测这些目标将通过)收集基线数据的吸毒和性行为,艾滋病毒的风险,和其他生活经历从100名女性和100名男性似乎为艾滋病毒感染高危,b)进行焦点小组与关键线人在健康和人类服务领域以及宗教和警察组织的代表,和目标人群的成员来决定支持,障碍,和