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

该项目的主要目标是进行横断面社会流行病学和 行为研究的目的是确定在波多黎各居住在公共住房中的贫穷的西班牙裔妇女中与艾滋病毒感染感染和传播有关的不同风险因素。拟议研究背后的一般假设是，这些妇女感染艾滋病毒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，必须确定和衡量这些因素。 1.测量居住在公共住房的妇女中艾滋病毒/性传播感染的流行率和发病率 波多黎各庞塞(PR)的发展(博士)。 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 为居住在宾夕法尼亚州庞塞市博士学位的西班牙裔女性。 3.确定针对西班牙裔妇女的艾滋病毒预防干预措施的可行性 在宾夕法尼亚州庞塞市攻读博士学位。 拟议研究的意义将加强对影响艾滋病毒/性传播感染危险行为的多层次因素的认识和理解，以及在居住在波多黎各公共住房的贫穷妇女中与艾滋病毒相关的风险的后果和差异。将使用定性和定量的社会流行病学和行为科学方法，以攻读博士学位的贫困妇女为目标。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预防信息和方案需要如何调整提供了一个亟需的图景。

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.