Identifying opportunities to integrate technology into HIV prevention for South A

寻找将技术融入南 A 艾滋病毒预防的机会

• 批准号: 8141070
• 负责人: Michele L. Ybarra
• 金额: $ 7.68万
• 依托单位: CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8141070
• 关键词: 15 year old; AIDS prevention; AIDS/HIV problem; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; African; Age-Years; Behavior; Behavioral; Country; HIV; HIV Infections; HIV Seropositivity; International; Internet; Intervention; Life; Modeling; Morbidity - disease rate; Motivation; Prevention program; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resources; Schools; South Africa; Surveys; Technology; Text; Time; Ursidae Family; Youth; base; burden of illness; cost; design; mortality; novel; novel strategies; tool; trend

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): HIV/AIDS is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in South Africa1,2, where an estimated one in five adults are HIV positive. Young people bear a particularly high disease burden: 34% of new cases of HIV occur among those 15-24 years of age. Moreover, it is estimated that if the current HIV infection rates remain stable in South Africa, 50% of 15-year-olds alive today will die from AIDS. The impact that HIV is having on South African adolescents cannot be overstated. Several researchers have recently noted that adolescent-focused interventions in South Africa are not having an impact as effective as desired. Certainly, intervention delivery mechanisms that are low-cost, scalable, and modifiable to reflect changing behavioral trends, such as the Internet and text messaging, should be considered as additional tools to add to the arsenal of available HIV prevention programs. As the first step in designing such an HIV prevention program, this R03 proposes to conduct a quantitative survey among 1,500 grade school youth in South Africa. Findings will identify opportunities that technology may pose for HIV prevention message delivery. This R03 will serve as a launching pad for a subsequent R01 proposing the design of a HIV prevention program that is culturally sensitive, as well as developmentally and technologically relevant for adolescents in South Africa. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: HIV/AIDS is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality for adolescents living in South Africa. New approaches to HIV prevention are needed. Now is the time to develop technology- based HIV prevention programs in resource-limited countries. Given the rapidity with which technology use is changing however, it is unclear whether the Internet or text messaging is the preferred delivery mechanism. Our proposed research project will identify opportunities to use technology as a novel message delivery mechanism with South African adolescents.

说明(申请人提供)：艾滋病毒/艾滋病是导致南非发病率和死亡率的主要因素1，2据估计，南非每五个成年人中就有一个艾滋病毒阳性。年轻人承担着特别高的疾病负担：34%的艾滋病毒新病例发生在15-24岁的人群中。此外，据估计，如果南非目前的艾滋病毒感染率保持稳定，今天活着的15岁儿童中有50%将死于艾滋病。艾滋病毒对南非青少年的影响怎么强调都不为过。一些研究人员最近注意到，在南非，以青少年为重点的干预措施没有产生预期的效果。当然，低成本、可扩展和可修改以反映不断变化的行为趋势的干预提供机制，如互联网和短信，应该被视为增加现有艾滋病毒预防计划武器库的额外工具。作为设计此类艾滋病毒预防计划的第一步，R03建议对南非1500名小学青年进行量化调查。调查结果将确定技术可能为艾滋病毒预防信息传递带来的机会。该R03将作为后续R01的启动台，该R01建议设计一项对南非青少年具有文化敏感性以及与发展和技术相关的艾滋病毒预防计划。 与公共卫生有关：艾滋病毒/艾滋病是导致南非青少年发病率和死亡率的主要因素。需要采取新的方法来预防艾滋病毒。现在是在资源有限的国家制定基于技术的艾滋病毒预防计划的时候了。然而，考虑到技术使用的快速变化，目前尚不清楚互联网或短信是首选的传递机制。我们提议的研究项目将确定利用技术作为南非青少年的一种新的信息传递机制的机会。