Adolescent fertility and social networks in rural Honduras

洪都拉斯农村地区的青少年生育率和社会网络

• 批准号: 9089672
• 负责人: Holly Baker Shakya
• 金额: $ 13.86万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9089672
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 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite overall decreases in fertility rates throughout Latin America, fertility among adolescents has remained stubbornly persistent, particularly in countries such as Honduras which experiences some of the highest adolescent fertility rates in the region as well as globally. Honduras is also one of the 5 top countries from which the most illegal immigrants arrive in the US, many of whom are adolescents. Innovative research that integrates the understanding of the demographic and geographic determinants of adolescent fertility in Honduras with cutting edge social networks and social norms research can provide important insights into the pathways by which adolescent fertility in this population can be prevented. This Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) will provide me with experience in formal demographic methods specific to researching fertility, expertise in the social determinants of adolescent fertility, as well as methods in spatial and social demography. This training and experience will foster my development as an independent researcher who can bridge the fields of spatial and social demography with the conceptual and methodological skills of social network analysis and social norms theory. My career development plan is designed to augment my training in global public health and allow me to: 1) gain experience in formal demography, with a focus on methods specific to understanding fertility, 2) develop expertise in the social determinants of adolescent fertility in Latino populations and 3) Obtain methodological expertise in spatial demography and geo-informatics, including analysis of spatial data, and integration of spatial variables into statistical analyses. These training goals will be achieved through didactic courses, workshops, hands-on research, and mentoring from an interdisciplinary team of experts. The overall objective of my research project is to identify the social and spatial determinants of adolescent fertility with the goal of informing future work on prevention within this vulnerable population. The project will utilize data from a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded social network study to capitalize on its extensive research infrastructure. Previous research has suggested that social norms are an important determinant of adolescent fertility in Latin America, although these norms have, up to now not been measured quantitatively. Spatial demography provides the tools necessary to understand the geographic and social clustering of norms and attitudes, through the ability to parse out the effects of each component individually. Specifically, the research aims for this K01 are to: 1) Using formal demographic methods, determine the distribution as well as the social and demographic determinants of adolescent fertility (AF) for both girls and boys on a complete population within 160 villages in rural Honduras, 2) Assess the relationship between spatial clustering and social networks as determinants of AF, and test the effect of social network cohesion on the relationship between fertility-related social norms and AF, and 3) Assess the utility of a men's participation intervention on an adolescent boy's chance of becoming a father. This project will provide the groundwork for an R01 looking at a cohort of children from the original study population to extend the measures in this study to include an understanding of how migration, and family processes impact adolescent fertility. These training and research activities will position me as one of a few researchers in the field of public health with this uniue skill set and enable me to develop an independent research career.

 描述（由适用提供）：尽管整个拉丁美洲的生育率总体下降，但青少年的生育能力仍然固执地持久，尤其是在洪都拉斯等国家，这些国家经历了该地区以及全球范围内一些青少年生育率最高的国家。洪都拉斯也是最非法移民到达美国的5个顶级国家之一，其中许多是青少年。融合了对洪都拉斯青少年生育能力的人口和地理学的理解的创新研究，具有尖端的社交网络和社会规范可以为可以防止该人群中青少年生育能力的途径提供重要的见解。这项受过指导的研究科学家发展奖（K01）将为我提供针对研究生育能力的正式人口统计学方法的经验，社会确定青少年生育能力的专业知识以及空间和社会障碍的方法。这种培训和经验将促进我作为一名独立研究人员的发展，他可以通过社交网络分析和社会规范理论的概念和方法学技能弥合空间和社会障碍的领域。我的职业发展计划旨在增强我在全球公共卫生方面的培训，并让我：1）获得正式脱颖而出的经验，重点是特定于了解生育能力的方法，2）在拉丁裔人群中青少年生育能力的社会决定者中发展专业知识； 3）3）获得了空间数据和整体分析的空间人口统计学和地球信息学方面的方法论专业知识。这些培训目标将通过跨学科专家团队的教学课程，讲习班，动手研究以及心理来实现。我的研究项目的总体目标是确定 社会和空间确定青少年生育能力的目的是告知未来在这个脆弱人群中预防的工作。该项目将利用法案和梅琳达的数据 盖茨基金会资助了社会网络研究，以利用其广泛的研究基础设施。先前的研究表明，社会规范是拉丁美洲青少年生育能力的重要决定，尽管这些规范已经进行了定量测量。空间示意图提供了必要的工具来了解规范和参与的地理和社交聚类，以分析每个组件的效果。具体而言，该研究的目的是：1）使用正式的人口统计学方法，确定男孩和男孩的分布以及社交和人口统计学决定者（在粗糙的Honduras中160个村庄的完全人口中的青少年生育能力（AF）的社交和人口统计决定者（AF），2）评估空间聚类和社交网络之间的关系和社交网络之间的关系，以及在AF和社交网络之间的效果，以及AF和AF的效应，以及AF和AF的效应，是AF和AF的效果，该效应是AF和AF的效应。评估男人参与干预的实用性，这是对一个青春期男孩成为父亲的机会的效用。该项目将为R01提供基础，以研究原始研究人群的一群儿童，以扩展本研究中的措施，包括了解移民和家庭过程如何影响青少年生育能力。这些培训和研究活动将使我成为公共卫生领域的少数研究人员之一，并使我能够发展独立的研究职业。