HIV-RELATED RISK BEHAVIOR AMONG BLACK GAY & BISEXUAL MEN

相互竞争的延续提案寻求对数据分析的支持 正在进行的研究计划的阶段，这是一项全国性的性研究 黑人男同性恋者和双性恋者的行为和艾滋病毒相关风险。 尽管27%的艾滋病报告病例发生在黑人身上，而且 据估计，黑人可能感染了人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV) 感染率是白人的三倍，目前知之甚少 关于性行为的艾滋病相关风险的降低策略 黑人同性恋者和双性恋者。该项目的第一阶段涉及 广泛的协议制定和数据收集。完成 将产生两个重要的数据集：1；定性 从黑人同性恋者和双性恋者进行的焦点小组收集的数据 包括艾滋病毒高发和低发城市在内的六个地点的男性 正在收集的美国；2&>；定量问卷数据 来自全国范围内招募的黑人同性恋和双性恋男性样本。 目前，需要支持进行深入的分析 收集到的这两组数据。这项拟议的研究试图确定 黑人同性恋者和双性恋者降低风险的心理社会相关因素 男人。具体地说，这项研究将1&>记录性行为模式 行为，特别是与黑人艾滋病毒传播风险有关的行为 男同性恋者和双性恋者；提供与艾滋病相关的详细信息 对风险的知识、态度和感知，包括 艾滋病相关社区资源和利用艾滋病的障碍 这一人群中的教育和医疗保健；3&gt；寻求确定 用社会心理模型预测风险检测行为 态度-行为关系；4&gt；检查方法学问题 评估少数民族人口和与艾滋病毒相关的领域 性行为包括适当的语言和象征 行为及其决定因素。研究的重点是 增加对性取向和性行为之间关系的认识 性经历，社会经济地位，社会和情感压力， 精神疾病的发病率和艾滋病相关知识、态度和高- 危险行为。

The competing continuation proposal seeks support for the data analysis phase of an ongoing program of research, a national study of sexual behavior and HIV-related risk among Black gay and bisexual men. Although 27% of reported AIDS cases have occurred in Blacks and it has been estimated that Blacks may have a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection rate three times that of the Whites, very little is known about sexual behaviors of AIDS-related risk reduction strategies of Black gay and bisexual men. The first phase of this project involved extensive protocol development and the collection of data. Completion of this phase will result in two important data sets: 1> qualitative data gathered from focus groups conducted with Black gay and bisexual men at six sites including both low and high HIV incidence cities across the United States; 2> quantitative questionnaire data being collected from a large, nationally recruited sample of Black gay and bisexual men. At the present time support is requested to conduct in depth analyses of those two data sets collected. The proposed study seeks to identify psychosocial correlates of risk reduction among Black gay and bisexual men. Specifically, this research will 1> document patterns of sexual behavior, particularly as related to risk of HIV transmission in Black gay and bisexual men; 2> provide detailed information of AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and perception of risk, including knowledge of AIDS-related community resources and barriers to utilization of AIDS education and health care in this population; 3> seek to identify predictor of risk detection behaviors using social psychological models of attitude-behavior relationships; 4> examine methodological issues in the area of assessing ethnic minority populations and HIV-related behaviors including appropriate language and symbolism for sexual behaviors and their determinants. The focus of the research is on increasing knowledge of relationships among sexual orientation and sexual experience, socioeconomic status, social and emotional stress, psychiatric morbidity, and AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and high- risk behaviors.