Sexual Health Among Bisexual Men

双性恋男性的性健康

• 批准号: 7620545
• 负责人: Brian Mark Dodge
• 金额: $ 23.1万
• 依托单位: TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-05-22 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7620545
• 关键词: 4 year old; AIDS prevention; AIDS/HIV problem; Affect; African American; Age; Applications Grants; Area; Attention; Behavior; Behavioral; Bisexual; Bisexuality; Cause of Death; Communities; County; Data; Decision Making; Development; Diagnostic; Epidemic; Ethnic group; Female; Future; HIV; HIV Infections; Health; Health Promotion; Heterosexuals; Homosexuals; Indiana; Individual; Infection; Infection prevention; Intervention; Interview; Latino; Life; Mass Media; Methods; Midwestern United States; Outcome; Persons; Population; Prevalence; Prevention; Principal Investigator; Process; Public Health; Relative (related person); Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Risk; Risk Behaviors; Risk Factors; Route; Sampling; Seroprevalences; Sex Behavior; Sexual Health; Sexuality; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Testing; Underserved Population; United States; Universities; Woman; design; driving force; evidence base; high risk; improved; insight; interdisciplinary collaboration; knowledge base; male; men; men who have sex with men; method development; metropolitan; public health relevance; racial and ethnic; research study; sex; sex risk; social; transmission process

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A significant shortcoming of previous HIV research is that it has polarized "heterosexual" transmission and "homosexual" without investigating the potentially substantial overlap between these routes through individuals who engage in "bisexual" behaviors. Limited research focusing directly on bisexual men has highlighted unique HIV risk factors and prevention needs. However, little information is available on how factors associated with bisexual men's risk behavior may be amenable to change through intervention. Using multiple methods, this development research study aims to: 1. identify the individual and socio- cultural determinants related to the sexual interactions that increase risk of HIV acquisition in a diverse sample of bisexual men in an underserved area of the Midwestern United States; 2. evaluate the feasibility of engaging a diverse sample of bisexual men, in terms of recruitment and participation, in a multi-method study aimed at understanding the levels of risk to sexual health in order to inform a subsequent sexual health intervention; and 3. acquire information useful for designing relevant, accessible, and culturally-appropriate HIV/STI prevention information to be used in a subsequent intervention aimed at promoting sexual health among bisexual men. Using a community-informed research approach, in-depth interviews, and STI diagnostics from a diverse sample of 75 bisexual men, this study will provide rich insights into the individual and social-cultural factors, as well as the sexual and risk-related decision-making processes, that may be potential points of future sexual health promotion efforts. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This study will provide current data designed to develop and test a targeted sexual health intervention among bisexual men, a high risk population for HIV infection and transmission. Scientific outcomes will add to the knowledge base that is lacking evidenced-based information on the social, sexual, and risk behaviors of diverse groups of bisexual men. By improving our understanding of this previously understudied population, results will not only inform future research and intervention efforts but also be of benefit to bisexual men and their communities.

描述（由申请人提供）：以前的艾滋病毒研究的一个重大缺点是，它已经极化了“异性恋”传播和“同性恋”，而没有调查这些途径之间通过从事“双性恋”行为的个体的潜在实质性重叠。直接关注双性恋男子的有限研究突出了独特的艾滋病毒风险因素和预防需求。然而，很少有信息是关于如何与双性恋男性的风险行为相关的因素可能会通过干预改变。采用多种方法，本研究旨在：1。在美国中西部一个服务不足地区的双性恋男性样本中，确定与增加艾滋病毒感染风险的性互动相关的个人和社会文化决定因素; 2.在招募和参与方面，评估在旨在了解性健康风险水平的多方法研究中吸引不同双性恋男性样本的可行性，以便为随后的性健康干预提供信息; 3.获得有用的信息，以设计相关的、可获得的和文化上适当的艾滋病毒/性传播感染预防信息，用于旨在促进双性恋男子性健康的后续干预措施。使用社区知情的研究方法，深入访谈，和性病诊断从一个不同的样本75双性恋男子，这项研究将提供丰富的见解个人和社会文化因素，以及性和风险相关的决策过程，这可能是未来的性健康促进工作的潜在点。 公共卫生关系：这项研究将提供目前的数据，旨在制定和测试有针对性的性健康干预双性恋男子，艾滋病毒感染和传播的高风险人群。科学成果将补充缺乏有关不同双性恋男性群体的社会、性和风险行为的循证信息的知识库。通过提高我们对这一先前研究不足的人群的理解，结果不仅将为未来的研究和干预工作提供信息，而且对双性恋男性及其社区也有好处。