Predictors of HIV Risks Among Urban Youth

城市青年艾滋病毒风险的预测因素

• 批准号: 6966664
• 负责人: DEXTER Rommell VOISIN
• 金额: $ 7.63万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-03 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6966664
• 关键词: AIDS; African American; HIV infections; academic achievement; adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; computer program /software; culture; data collection methodology /evaluation; disease /disorder proneness /risk; drug abuse; family structure /dynamics; health disparity; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; interview; negative reinforcements; peer group; psychological stressor; sex behavior; socioeconomics; statistics /biometry; substance abuse related behavior; urban area; violence

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Objectives: A disproportionate number of urban African American youth are engaging in HIV sexual risk behaviors. Accumulating evidence suggests that among youth, factors such as family and community violence exposure, psychological distress, low school achievement and negative peer group associations are related to HIV sexual risk behaviors. However, to date, no research has examined the interrelationships among these variables with regards to Urban African American youth and their disproportionate rates of HIV infection. Guided by a developmental framework, this exploratory study investigates whether higher levels of psychological distress, lower school achievement, and increased negative peer group association mediates the relationship between family and community violence exposure and increased HIV sexual risk behaviors. Design: Using audio-computer assisted self-interviewing technology, data on socio-demographics, violence exposure, psychological distress, school achievement, peer associations, and sexual behaviors will be collected from 300 African American youth in the 9th and 10th grades, attending a high school on Chicago's Southside. Structural equation modeling (SEM) would examine the relationships among variables. Conclusions: The findings from this study hold promise for increasing our understanding of the interrelationship among key factors associated with risky sexual behaviors among urban African American youth. Such knowledge is critical to designing HIV prevention programs that are culture-specific, in order to curtail the increasing spread of infection.

描述（由申请人提供）：目标：非洲城市非洲裔美国青年的数量不成比例。积累的证据表明，在青年中，家庭和社区暴力曝光，心理困扰，较低的学校成就和负面同伴团体协会等因素与HIV性风险行为有关。但是，迄今为止，还没有研究这些变量在非裔美国人青年及其艾滋病毒感染率不成比例的情况下的相互关系。在发展框架的指导下，这项探索性研究调查了较高的心理困扰，下学成就和负面同伴团体协会是否介导家庭与社区暴力暴露之间的关系以及增加HIV性风险行为之间的关系。 设计：使用音频计算机辅助自我访问技术，有关社会人口统计学，暴力暴露，心理困扰，学校成就，同伴协会和性行为的数据，将从9年级和10年级的300名非裔美国青年收集，并在芝加哥南部的高中就读。结构方程建模（SEM）将检查变量之间的关系。 结论：这项研究的发现有望增加我们对与城市非裔美国人青年有风险性行为相关的关键因素之间相互关系的理解。这样的知识对于设计特定文化的艾滋病毒预防计划至关重要，以减少感染的蔓延。