Community Influences on Young People's HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes & Practices

社区对青少年艾滋病知识、态度的影响

基本信息

批准号：
7222642
负责人：
Rob B. Stephenson
金额：
$ 7.65万
依托单位：
EMORY UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2006
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2006-05-01 至 2009-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7222642
关键词：
AIDS/HIV problem Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Address Adolescence Africa South of the Sahara African Attention Attitude Awareness Behavioral Belief Burkina Faso Characteristics Collection Communities Contraceptive Usage Country Data Demographic and Health Surveys Developed Countries Developing Countries Development Dimensions Economic Development Economics Elements Environment Epidemic Face Female Gender Ghana HIV HIV Infections HIV Seropositivity Health Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Policy Healthcare Household Individual Inequality International Intervention Knowledge Lead Life Marriage Methodology Methods Motivation Numbers Outcome Pattern Persons Policies Public Health Public Health Practice Relative (related person)Research Research Infrastructure Risk Role Sampling Sex Behavior Sexual Partners Shapes Surveys Testing Time Today UNFPA UNICEF Woman Youth Zambia aged day improved innovation interest male men multilevel analysis older men programs skills social tool transmission process

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Background: Targeting young people is essential in defeating the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and although much attention has been given to the individual and familial factors that influence the knowledge, attitudes and sexual behavior of young people, the role of structural elements of the community remains poorly understood. Objectives: We will estimate the influence of several dimensions of the community environment on a young person's knowledge of HIV/AIDS, attitudes towards others with HIV/AIDS and recent sexual behaviors in three countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana and Zambia. Data and Method: The analysis samples are males and females (15-24) from the latest Demographic and Health Surveys from Burkina Faso (2003), Ghana (2003) and Zambia (2001-02). Community level variables representing economic prosperity, gender norms and inequalities, the health care infrastructure and knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in the community will be examined. A multilevel modeling strategy will be applied to identify the role of community level characteristics in young people's knowledge of HIV/AIDS, their attitudes to others with HIV/AIDS, and their recent sexual behaviors. Significance: Previous studies of young people's knowledge, attitudes and behaviors have examined only the role of single elements of the community; this research is innovative in its conceptualization of a holistic view of the community, examining the role of economic, social and normative community characteristics in determining young people's knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. This research will provide new information on the associations between characteristics of a community's physical, behavioral, social and normative environment and young people's knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. In addition to strengthening the scientific field of community influences on health, the research will generate interest in examining community influences on other health outcomes, and will lead to a greater motivation to improve the collection of community level data. The innovative methodology and conceptualization of the community can be employed to examine other health outcomes in both domestic and international settings. The research will also identify community characteristics that can be harnessed in the development of public health interventions, strengthening public health practice for the improvement of program and policy aimed at reducing HIV transmission among young people.

描述（由申请人提供）：背景：针对年轻人对于击败全球艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行至关重要，尽管对影响年轻人的知识，态度和性行为的个人和家庭因素非常关注，但社区结构性元素的作用仍然很众所周知。目标：我们将估计社区环境的几个维度对年轻人的艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识，对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的其他人的态度以及三个国家的最新性行为的态度：布基纳法索，加纳和赞比亚。数据和方法：分析样本是来自Burkina Faso（2003），Ghana（2003）和赞比亚（2001-02）的最新人口统计和健康调查中的男性和女性（15-24）。社区层面的变量代表经济繁荣，性别规范和不平等，医疗保健基础设施和知识，社区中的态度和行为。将采用多层次建模策略来确定社区层面特征在年轻人对艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识，对艾滋病毒/艾滋病其他人的态度以及最近的性行为的作用。意义：先前对年轻人的知识，态度和行为的研究仅检查了社区单一要素的作用；这项研究是对社区整体观点的概念化的创新，研究了经济，社会和规范性社区特征在确定年轻人的知识，态度和行为中的作用。这项研究将提供有关社区身体，行为，社会和规范环境的特征与年轻人的知识，态度和行为之间关联的新信息。除了加强社区对健康的影响的科学领域外，这项研究还将产生兴趣检查社区对其他健康成果的影响，并将带来更大的动力，以改善社区级别的数据收集。可以利用社区的创新方法和概念化来检查国内和国际环境中的其他健康状况。这项研究还将确定可以在开发公共卫生干预措施中利用的社区特征，从而加强公共卫生实践，以改善旨在减少年轻人艾滋病毒传播的计划和政策。