Sexual HIV risk among Thai methamphetamine users

泰国冰毒使用者的艾滋病毒性风险

• 批准号: 7496936
• 负责人: DANIELLE GERMAN
• 金额: $ 4.46万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-18 至 2009-09-17
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7496936
• 关键词: AIDS prevention; Address; Behavior; Characteristics; Data; Depth; Dimensions; Drug usage; Fellowship; German population; HIV; Heterosexuals; Individual; Intervention; Interview; Mental Depression; Methamphetamine; Methods; Modeling; Names; Numbers; Pattern; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Population; Prevalence; Province; Qualitative Methods; Recording of previous events; Research; Risk; Risk Behaviors; Sampling; Sex Behavior; Sexual Partners; Social Characteristics; Social Environment; Social Network; Social support; Thailand; condoms; drug of abuse; experience; member; sex; social; transmission process

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Few studies have examined sexual risk behaviors among heterosexual methamphetamine (MA) users. MA has become the leading drug of abuse among young people in Thailand over the past decade. MA has been associated with increased sexual risk behavior in many contexts, and relatively little is known about its impact in this population. Existing research shows high levels of sexual risk among Thai young people, but data are limited regarding individual and social influences on sexual behavior. Despite decades of HIV prevention in Thailand, HIV prevalence remains high, particularly in certain population segments. There is great concern about HIV transmission potential among young Thai MA users as HIV enters their social networks. The proposed study will explore individual and social dimensions of sexual risk behavior in a cross-sectional sample of 18-29 year old current MA users and members of their drug and sexual networks in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. The specific aims are to: 1) qualitatively explore the social context of sexual behavior among Thai MA users; 2) examine the association between individual-level factors, such as demographic characteristics, drug use patterns, depression, and STI history, on sexual risk behavior; 3) examine the association between social-level factors, such as network characteristics, relationship characteristics, social support and social norms regarding sexual behavior on sexual risk behavior; and 4) model the relationship between and among individual, relationship, and social network factors in predicting sexual risk behavior. In-depth interviews and qualitative analysis methods will be used to address Aim 1; bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses will be used to address Aims 1-3. Findings will inform HIV prevention efforts addressing social as well as individual influences on behavior.

描述（由申请人提供）：很少有研究检查异性甲基苯丙胺（MA）使用者中的性风险行为。在过去的十年中，MA已成为泰国年轻人中虐待的主要药物。在许多情况下，MA与性风险行为的增加有关，并且对其在该人群的影响相对较少。现有的研究表明，泰国年轻人的性风险很高，但数据对个人和社会对性行为的影响有限。尽管在泰国进行了数十年的艾滋病毒预防，但艾滋病毒的普遍性仍然很高，尤其是在某些人群领域。当艾滋病毒进入他们的社交网络时，年轻的泰国妈妈使用者的艾滋病毒传播潜力非常关注。拟议的研究将在泰国清迈省的18-29岁的现有MA用户及其毒品和性网络成员的横断面样本中探索性风险行为的个人和社会层面。具体目的是：1）定性地探索泰国硕士使用者的性行为的社会背景； 2）检查个人级别因素（例如人口特征，使用模式，抑郁和性传播疾病病史）与性风险行为之间的关联； 3）检查社会水平因素之间的关联，例如网络特征，关系特征，社会支持和有关性风险行为的性行为的社会规范； 4）在预测性风险行为时，建模个人，关系和社交网络因素之间的关系。深入的访谈和定性分析方法将用于解决目标1；双变量和多元统计分析将用于解决目标1-3。调查结果将为艾滋病毒的预防努力提供信息，以解决社会和个人对行为的影响。