Building AIDS Research Capacity for Indonesia at Atma Jaya Catholic University

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请寻求资金，以发展艾滋病研究计划内的研究所在Atma Jaya天主教大学（AJCU）在雅加达与伊利诺伊大学芝加哥（UIC）合作。UIC的合作伙伴关系将涉及护理学院（CON）和公共卫生学院（SPH）的教师和附属机构，他们参加了由NIH John E.福格蒂国际中心拟议的项目和研究计划，它的目的是发展有以下三个目标：（1）发展AJCU的研究基础设施，将加强AJCU教师和学生的能力，合作研究伙伴从UIC，和其他研究科学家在印度尼西亚和其他国家进行相关的艾滋病毒/艾滋病行为科学研究;（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以及当地的国内调查人员，公共卫生官员，社区机构和医疗保健提供者;和（3）支持和实施三个行为/社会科学，探索性的艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究在印度尼西亚作为第一步，在AJCU建立艾滋病研究计划。AJCU的能力建设将通过实现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抗逆转录病毒治疗的社会因素”;（2）“预防艾滋病毒传染给受感染者的性伴侣”;和（3）“为印度尼西亚城市街头青年制定减少艾滋病毒风险干预措施并进行试点测试。“该项目的首要科学目标是建立一个机构研究计划，促进创新的行为科学研究，帮助指导和提高整个印度尼西亚艾滋病预防，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.