TheSocial Epidemiology of HIV Risk Among Improvished Women Living in Puerto Rico

该项目的主要目标是进行一次跨部门的社会流行病学调查， 行为研究，目的是描述与居住在公共住房中的波多黎各贫困西班牙裔妇女艾滋病毒感染获得和传播相关的不同风险因素。拟议研究背后的一般假设是，这些妇女感染和传播艾滋病毒的风险因公共住房环境特有的各种个人、社会和环境因素而加剧，为了降低艾滋病毒风险，必须查明和衡量这些因素。 1.衡量居住在公共住房中的妇女的艾滋病毒/性传播感染流行率和发病率 发展（博士）在庞塞，波多黎各（PR）. 2.确定导致艾滋病毒/性传播感染风险增加的个人、社会和环境因素 为西班牙裔妇女生活在庞塞博士，公关。 3.确定针对西班牙裔妇女的艾滋病毒预防干预的可行性 住在宾夕法尼亚州庞塞的博士们 拟议的研究的意义将提高知识和了解的影响艾滋病毒/性传播感染的风险行为，以及后果和艾滋病毒相关的风险之间的贫困妇女拉丁裔妇女生活在公共住房在波多黎各的差异的多层次因素。将采用定性和定量的社会流行病学和行为科学方法，以生活在博士阶段的贫困妇女为目标。通过将这一人群中的妇女包括在内，可以对艾滋病毒/性传播感染的风险因素和结果进行比较，从而为波多黎各贫困妇女的风险范围以及如何定制预防信息和方案提供急需的情况。

The principal goal of this project is to conduct a cross-sectional social epidemiologic and behavioral research study for the purposes of characterizing different risk factors associated with HIV infection acquisition and transmission among impoverished, Hispanic women in Puerto Rico living in public housing. The general hypothesis behind the proposed research is that risk of HIV acquisition and transmission for these women is exacerbated by various individual, social and environmental factors unique to the public housing environment and in order to decrease HIV risk, these factors must be identified and measured. 1. Measure HIV/STI prevalence and incidence among women living in public housing developments (PHDs) in Ponce, Puerto Rico (PR). 2. Identify individual, social, and environmental factors contributing to increased HIV/STI risk for Hispanic women living in PHDs in Ponce, PR. 3. Determine the feasibility of an HIV prevention intervention targeting Hispanic women living in PHDs in Ponce, PR. The significance of the proposed research will enhance knowledge and understanding of multilevel factors that influence HIV/STI risk behaviors as well as the consequences and differences in HIV-associated risks among impoverished women Latina women living in public housing in Puerto Rico. Qualitative and quantitative social epidemiological and behavioral sciences approaches will be used to target impoverished women living in PHDs. By including women from this population, comparisons of HIV/STI risk factors and outcomes can be made, providing a much needed picture of the scope of risks for impoverished women in Puerto Rico and how prevention messages and programs will need to be tailored.