Building AIDS Research Capacity for Indonesia at Atma Jaya Catholic University

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请寻求资助雅加达阿特玛查亚天主教大学(AJCU)研究所与伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)合作开发艾滋病研究计划。UIC的合作伙伴关系将包括护理学院(CON)和公共卫生学院(SPH)的教职员工和附属机构，他们参加由NIH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。拟议的项目和旨在开发的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的教职员工和学生、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进行相关艾滋病毒/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(包括UIC以及当地国内调查人员、公共卫生官员、社区机构和医疗保健提供者)的研究和服务联系；以及(3)支持和实施印度尼西亚的三项行为/社会科学、探索性艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究，作为在AJCU建立艾滋病研究计划的第一步。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实现。将进行的3项试点研究将集中在：(1)“影响注射吸毒者遵守抗逆转录病毒药物的社会因素”；(2)“防止艾滋病毒传染给感染者的性伴侣”；以及(3)“为印度尼西亚的城市街头青年开发和试点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.