COPING STYLES AS PREDICTORS OF ADHERENCE IN YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV

该子项目是利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 在美国，感染艾滋病毒的青少年和年轻人的增加是一个重大问题，特别是在城市地区。 尽管存在有效的抗逆转录病毒疗法，但不坚持治疗导致约一半接受这种疗法的患者的健康结果下降。 这一问题对治疗提出了相当大的挑战，并导致重大的公共卫生影响。本研究将探讨是否应对方式的城市人口的年轻人艾滋病毒感染者（YPLH）可以预测他们的坚持护理。本研究的目的一是通过原始数据的收集和分析，确定YPLH患者适应不良应对与抗逆转录病毒治疗依从性之间的关系。 目的2将探讨YPLH的应对方式与更广泛的HIV相关保健行为之间的关系。 目标3将探讨IHY的应对方式如何根据传播方式，性别，种族，心理社会相关因素或年龄而有所不同。 研究结果将导致未来的临床试验的干预措施，发展适当的，具体的艾滋病战略，以促进持续的艾滋病毒护理和药物治疗的依从性。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The increase of HIV infected adolescents and young adults in the United States is a significant problem, especially in urban areas. Despite the existence of effective antiretroviral therapy, non-adherence leads to diminished health outcomes in approximately half of the patients for whom it is prescribed. This issue presents a considerable challenge to treatment and results in significant public health implications. This study will investigate whether the coping styles of an urban population of young people living with HIV (YPLH) can predict their adherence to care. Using primary data collection and analysis, Aim 1 of this study will determine the relationship between maladaptive coping and adherence to ARV in YPLH. Aim 2 will investigate the relationship of coping in YPLH to broader HIV-related healthcare behaviors. Aim 3 will explore how coping styles among IHY differ according to mode of transmission, gender, ethnicity, psychosocial correlates or age. Findings will lead to future clinical trials on interventions of developmentally appropriate, adolescent-specific strategies to foster sustained HIV care and medication adherence.