Alcohol, Risky Behavior and HIV Prevention in India

描述（由申请人提供）：这项题为“印度孟买的酒精、艾滋病毒风险行为和预防”的为期三年的研究的目的是对孟买有针对性的贫民窟社区的酒精使用和环境风险之间的相互作用进行形成性研究，以便制定多层次干预措施的方法，以对抗可能导致艾滋病毒/性传播疾病的饮酒和不安全做法的综合风险。它解决了人们的关切，即印度不断增加的酒精消费量增加了促进艾滋病毒向一般人群传播的危险行为。本研究的目的是：1。通过定性研究，确定孟买贫民窟社区酒精使用和艾滋病毒风险相互交织的背景和意义（第1 - 13个月）；2. 2 .对孟买年龄在18至40岁之间的1200名男性和180名女性贫民窟居民进行调查（13-26个月），探讨移民、脆弱性、社会网络、预期、关键事件中酒精和危险行为的融合以及社会和健康后果之间的关系；通过在美国和印度的正式培训（每年进行），提高孟买国际人口研究所的能力，将定性、调查、网络和空间数据整合到关于饮酒和艾滋病毒风险的研究和干预中；4. 与非政府组织、服务提供者和其他社区资源以及社区意见领袖合作，进行数据共享和干预计划，制定可行和文化上可接受的战略，使社区资源和居民参与减少酒精消费和加强预防艾滋病毒传播的风险预防计划（每年持续进行）。该项目代表了哈特福德社区研究所、印度孟买国际人口科学研究所（IIPS）和康涅狄格大学的持续合作伙伴关系。它得到了在社区工作、酒精测量、定性研究方法以及地理信息系统和空间数据方面工作得到国际认可的印度和美国顾问/顾问的支持。这项研究将提供关于酒精在加强与艾滋病毒有关的冒险行为中的作用的新的定性和定量信息，并发现与低收入社区合作的新方法，以制定全面的多层次文化上适当的方法来减少酒精和艾滋病毒风险。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this three year study entitled "Alcohol, HIV Risk Behavior and Prevention in Mumbai, India" is to conduct formative research on the interaction of alcohol use and contextual risk-taking in targeted slum communities in Mumbai for use in formulating approaches to multi-level interventions to combat the combined risks of drinking and unsafe practices that can lead to HIV/STDs. It addresses the concern that rising alcohol consumption in India increases risk behaviors facilitating the transmission of HIV into the general population. Aims of the study are: 1. To identify, through qualitative research, the contexts and meanings through which alcohol use and HIV risk intersect in slum communities in Mumbai as a type city (Months 1 - 13); 2. To conduct a survey of 1200 male and 180 female slum residents between the ages of 18 and 40 in Mumbai (Months 13-26) exploring the association of migration, vulnerability, social networks, expectancies, the convergence of alcohol and risky behavior in critical events and social and health consequences: 3. To increase the capacity of the International Institute for Population Studies, Mumbai, to integrate qualitative, survey, network and spatial data in the conduct of research and intervention on alcohol use and HIV risk, through formal training in the U.S. and India (ongoing each year); 4. To partner with NGOs, service providers and other community resources, and community opinion leaders, in data sharing and intervention planning to develop feasible and culturally acceptable strategies for engaging community resources and residents in risk prevention programs that decrease alcohol consumption and increase protection against the transmission of HIV (ongoing each year). The project represents the ongoing partnership of the Institute for Community Research, Hartford, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India, and the University of Connecticut. It is supported by Indian and US consultants/advisors internationally recognized for their work in community work, alcohol measurement, qualitative research methods and GIS and spatial data. The study will provide new qualitative and quantitative information on the role of alcohol in enhancing HIV-related risk taking behavior, and discover new ways of partnering with low income communities to develop comprehensive multilevel culturally appropriate approaches to alcohol and HIV risk reduction.