Building AIDS Research Capacity for Indonesia at Atma Jaya Catholic University

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请旨在与芝加哥伊利诺伊大学（UIC）合作，在雅加达Atma Jaya天主教大学（AJCU）研究所内开发艾滋病研究项目。UIC的合作伙伴关系将包括来自护理学院（CON）和公共卫生学院（SPH）的教师和附属机构，他们参加由美国国立卫生研究院约翰·e·福格蒂国际中心资助的UIC艾滋病国际培训和研究计划。该项目及其研究计划有以下三个目标：(1)在AJCU建立一个研究基础设施，以加强AJCU教师和学生、UIC的合作研究伙伴以及印度尼西亚和其他国家的其他研究科学家开展相关艾滋病毒/艾滋病行为科学研究的能力；(2)建立和/或加强AJCU与印度尼西亚以外的机构合作伙伴的研究和服务联系，包括UIC以及国内当地调查人员、公共卫生官员、社区机构和卫生保健提供者；(3)支持并实施三项行为/社会科学、探索性的艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究，作为AJCU建立艾滋病研究项目的第一步。AJCU的能力建设将通过满足研究基础设施发展的六个组成部分的目标来完成。将进行的三项试点研究将侧重于：(1)“影响注射吸毒者坚持服用抗逆转录病毒药物的社会因素；”(2) “预防艾滋病毒传播给感染者的性伴侣；”和(3)“为印度尼西亚城市街头青年制定和试行减少艾滋病毒风险干预措施”。该项目的首要科学目标是建立一个制度性研究项目，促进创新行为科学研究，帮助指导和提高印度尼西亚各地艾滋病预防、治疗和护理的有效性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks funding to develop an AIDS Research Program within the Research Institute at Atma Jaya Catholic University (AJCU) in Jakarta in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The partnership at UIC will involve the faculty and affiliates from both the College of Nursing (CON) and the School of Public Health (SPH) who participate in the UIC AIDS International Training and Research Program funded by the NIH John E. Fogarty International Center. The proposed project and the research program that it is designed to develop have the following three aims: (1) To develop a research infrastructure at AJCU that will strengthen the capacity of AJCU faculty and students, collaborating research partners from UIC, and other research scientists in Indonesia and from other countries to conduct relevant HIV/AIDS behavioral science research; (2) To establish and/or enhance AJCU research and service linkages with institutional partners outside of Indonesia including UIC as well as local in-country investigators, public health officials, community institutions, and health care providers; and (3) To support and implement three behavioral/social science, exploratory HIV/AIDS research studies in Indonesia as a first step in building an AIDS Research Program at AJCU. Capacity building at AJCU will be accomplished through meeting the objectives of six building blocks of research infrastructure development. The 3 pilot studies to be conducted will focus on: (1) "Social Factors Affecting ARV Adherence among IDUs;" (2) "Prevention of HIV Transmission to the Sex Partners of Infected Individuals;" and (3) "Developing and pilot testing a HIV Risk Reduction Intervention for Urban Street Youth in Indonesia." The overriding scientific goal of this project is to build an institutional research program that will facilitate innovative behavioral science research that helps to guide and improve the effectiveness of AIDS prevention, treatment, and care throughout Indonesia.