Measuring Sex, Contraception & Mood in Filipino Young Adults

描述(由申请人提供)：本修订版R21(响应PA-06-343《行为和社会科学中的方法和测量》)提出了第一批严格应用ESM(经验抽样方法)来量化发展中国家的性行为、避孕药使用和情绪的方法之一。我们将与菲律宾宿务的经验丰富的研究人员合作，开发和修改程序，对32个人进行初步研究，然后对800名菲律宾年轻人进行随机试验，使用以下随机化元素：“每周排除电话故障与没有电话”参与者驱动的与随机定时的提示完成一份关于个人数字助理(PDA)的问卷面对面与纸质和铅笔自我管理的离职访谈问卷我们的具体目标如下：目标1：比较人群和随机因素之间的接受率、完成率和数据质量目标2：比较ESM和其他方法之间关于性活动、避孕用具使用和情绪的报告。目的3：研究情绪、性行为和避孕之间的相互关系。几乎所有关于菲律宾人性健康的调查都是通过面对面的采访完成的。对于年轻人来说，报告敏感行为的计算机化调查可能是一种选择。我们将权衡技术、面试者和现场团队时间的成本，以及参与者的负担与使用技术与面对面和自我管理的调查问卷相比的潜在收益。本项目收集的丰富数据将作为研究问题、假设检验和假设生成的基础，远远超出了本提案的目的。公共卫生相关性我们将利用最严格的随机研究设计，开发收集有关敏感行为和感觉的日常数据的方法。这项研究将对菲律宾800名年轻人的健康和情绪进行详细的描述。个人数据助理(PDA)将被用来衡量发展中国家健康的重要方面。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised R21 (in response to PA-06-343 Methodology And Measurement In The Behavioral And Social Sciences) proposes one of the first rigorous applications of ESM (Experience Sampling Methods) to quantify sexual behavior, contraceptive use, and mood in a developing country. In collaboration with experienced researchers in Cebu, Philippines, we will develop and modify procedures with a pilot study of 32 individuals and then conduct a randomized trial with 800 Filipino young adults with the following randomized elements: " Weekly troubleshooting phone calls versus no phone calls " Participant-driven versus randomly timed prompts to complete a questionnaire on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) " Face-to-Face versus paper and pencil self-administered questionnaires for exit interviews Our Specific Aims are as follows: Aim 1: Compare rates of acceptance, completion and data quality across populations and randomized elements Aim 2: Compare reporting of sexual activity, contraceptive use and mood between ESM and other methods. Aim 3: Examine the interrelationships between mood, sexual activity and contraception. Nearly all surveys on sexual health of Filipinos have been done with face-to-face interviews. Computerized surveys to report sensitive behaviors may be an alternative for young adults. We will weigh the costs of technology, interviewer and field team time, as well as participant burden against the potential gains of using technology compared to face-to-face and self administered questionnaires. The wealth of data collected in this project will serve as a basis for research questions, hypothesis testing and hypothesis generation well beyond the aims of this proposal. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE We will develop methods for collecting daily data on sensitive behaviors and feelings using the most rigorous randomized study design. This study will lead to a detailed characterization of young adults' health and mood among 800 young adults in the Philippines. Personal Data Assistants (PDAs) will be used to measure important aspects of health in the developing world.