Incentives, Information and Relations in Malawi

马拉维的激励措施、信息和关系

• 批准号: 6958657
• 负责人: Hans-Peter Kohler
• 金额: $ 26.06万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-23 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6958657
• 关键词: Africa; African; HIV infections; adolescence (12-20); behavior modification; clinical research; communicable disease control; computer human interaction; counseling; disease /disorder proneness /risk; expectancy; family structure /dynamics; health behavior; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human immunodeficiency virus; human subject; information seeking behavior; longitudinal human study; motivation; personal log /diary; reinforcer; sex behavior; sexually transmitted diseases; socioeconomics; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal is to collect innovative data on expectations, randomized incentive payments and sexual behaviors, and to analyze the adaptation in sexual relations, household dynamics, and information-seeking to variation in (i) respondents' knowledge about their own health status, (ii) expectations about infection risks, STI/HIV prevalence, and risk-taking behaviors, and (iii) randomized direct monetary incentives for participating in voluntary counseling and treatment (VCT) and for maintaining a HIV negative status. The proposal takes advantage of the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP) that collects an unusually rich combination of panel survey data (1998, 2001, 2004, with a forthcoming funded wave in 2006), qualitative data and biomarkers for HIV and other STIs. The specific aims include (a) the analysis of already collected data from an experimental design that offered randomized differential incentives for respondents to obtain their STI and HIV test results, (b) the collection of an additional round of survey and biomarker data in 2005 to create an experimental design that offers incentives for respondents to remain HIV negative and to measure expectations about behaviors and risks related to sexual health, (c) obtain repeated measurements of sexual activities during a 12 month period in 2005-06 using audio-computer assisted interviewing techniques, (d) investigate the patterns, formation and behavioral consequences of health related expectations, and (e) investigate the implications and effectiveness of direct monetary incentives rewarding a HIV-negative status for sexual relations, the adoption of STI prevention strategies, transition into marriage, divorce, subjective well-being and other STI/HIV-related behaviors and attitudes.

描述（申请人提供）：目标是收集关于期望、随机奖励和性行为的创新数据，并分析性关系、家庭动态和信息寻求对以下方面变化的适应：㈠答卷人对自身健康状况的了解，㈡对感染风险、性传播感染/艾滋病毒流行率和冒险行为的期望，以及（iii）对参与自愿咨询和治疗（VCT）以及维持HIV阴性状态的随机直接金钱奖励。该提案利用了马拉维传播和观念改变项目，该项目收集了异常丰富的小组调查数据（1998年、2001年、2004年，即将在2006年进行一轮资助）、定性数据和艾滋病毒及其他性传播感染的生物标志物。具体目标包括：（a）分析从一项实验设计中收集的数据，该设计为答卷人提供随机差别奖励，以获得其性传播感染和艾滋病毒检测结果，（B）在2005年收集了另一轮调查和生物标志物数据，以创建一个实验设计，为受访者保持艾滋病毒阴性提供激励，并衡量对与艾滋病毒相关的行为和风险的期望。性健康，（c）使用音频-计算机辅助访谈技术，在2005- 2006年12个月期间获得对性活动的重复测量，（d）调查与健康有关的期望的模式、形成和行为后果，以及（e）调查对艾滋病毒阴性的性关系给予直接金钱奖励的影响和有效性，采取性传播感染预防战略，转变为结婚、离婚、主观幸福感和其他性传播感染/艾滋病毒相关行为 和态度。