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.

在加勒比盆地，艾滋病的探索性/开发性应用比率仅次于撒哈拉以南非洲的S维尔京群岛。1999年7月至2000年6月期间，维尔京群岛男性新报告的艾滋病病例比率为每100,000人中有679人，在美国及其领土中排名第三(仅次于华盛顿特区和纽约)。妇女的比率为每100,000人中有340人感染艾滋病，居第二位(仅次于华盛顿特区)。到目前为止，还没有专门针对非洲-加勒比岛民，特别是维尔京岛民的文化问题和预防障碍的方案，在维尔京群岛卫生部、圣克罗伊妇女联盟、维尔京群岛男子联盟、维尔京群岛大学和维尔京群岛医学院的支持下，拟议研究的目的是：1)确定性活跃、毒品和/或酗酒者、圣克罗伊岛妇女和男子、2)制定和测试与文化相关的艾滋病毒预防/干预措施对目标人群的适当性和可接受性，以及3)探索QraSure艾滋病毒检测的可行性。这些目标将通过a)收集100名女性和100名男性的吸毒和性行为、艾滋病毒风险和其他生活经历的基线数据来实现，b)与卫生和公共服务领域的主要信息者以及宗教和警察组织的代表以及目标人群的成员开展焦点小组，以确定支持、障碍和 (C)根据目标人群的投入，制定以女性和男性为导向的艾滋病毒干预措施；(D)通过与主要告密者和目标人群成员组成的焦点小组，评估由此产生的干预措施的文化适当性和适宜性。