HIV TRANSMISSION AMONG MINORITY POPULATIONS

描述：拟议项目的目标是促进有利的变化 与控制HIV有关的知识、态度和自我效能感 休斯敦大都会统计局少数民族人群感染情况 地区，通过提供关于传播的重点教育信息 艾滋病毒/艾滋病。拟议项目的具体目标是：1)通过 定性方法、信念、态度、主题和错误信息 非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔人口关于艾滋病毒性行为的风险；2) 分析定性数据并开展定量调查，以确认 定性结果；3)根据确认的结果制定干预措施 从定性和定量两个方面；4)效果评价 对改变知识、信念和自我效能感的干预 关于艾滋病毒的性风险；以及5)发展和开展艾滋病教育 为休斯敦的非裔美国人和西班牙裔人口提供的方案，基于 事实证明有效的干预措施。

Description: The goal of the proposed project is to promote favorable changes in knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy related to controlling HIV infection in minority populations in the Houston Metropolitan Statistical area, by providing focused educational information on the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Specific objectives of the proposed project are: 1) assess, by qualitative methods, beliefs, attitudes, themes, and misinformation among African-American and Hispanic populations regarding HIV sexual risk-taking; 2) analyze qualitative data and develop a quantitative survey to confirm qualitative findings; 3) develop an intervention, based on findings confirmed from both qualitative and quantitative methods; 4) evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention in changing knowledge, beliefs, and self-efficacy regarding HIV sexual risk-taking; and 5) develop and conduct AIDS education programs for African-American and Hispanic populations in Houston, based on intervention components that prove to be effective.