PROMOTING EARLY DETECTION OF HIV AMONG HISPANIC MSM

描述(改编自申请者摘要)：研究的主要目标 是开发和测试一种基于理论、经验和信息的 文化上合适的信息，以鼓励与男性发生性关系的西班牙裔男性 (HMSM)接受艾滋病毒检测，并了解他们目前的血清状态。这项研究 将既得利益理论(Crano，1995)与社会文化相结合 HIV风险理论(Diaz，1998)探索阻碍检测的因素 对健康有益持积极态度的男性的行为 艾滋病毒检测。研究分两个阶段进行。 场馆。参与者将接受采访，了解他们对艾滋病毒的态度。 检测，他们的艾滋病毒检测历史，以及假设的因素 缓和态度和行为之间的关系。Logistic回归 分析将确定哪些因素最能区分那些 最近从那些没有做过艾滋病毒检测的男性那里得到了艾滋病毒检测。(在这里 应用，最近测试是指已经测试过并且已经 最近12个月的测试结果返回)将使用这些数据 形成一个有说服力的信息。这条消息将在一台 额外的100个HMSM样品，根据需要进行改进，并进行有效性测试 第二阶段。 在第二阶段，研究人员采用仅限后测的设计来进行实验 测试说服性信息的有效性，以提高最近测试的比率 (测试并返回结果)在HMSM中。调查人员将 将从社区场所招募的600名HMSM随机分配给一名 三种情况：条件1：书面信息加艾滋病毒检测要约； 条件2：音频信息+艾滋病毒检测提议；或条件3：艾滋病毒检测3提议 只有这样。Logistic回归分析将测试最近的测试率 (测试接受和结果返回)根据条件的不同而不同。 他们还将研究不同条件下书面和非书面条件的有效性。 音频)随文化适应程度的不同而不同。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): The primary goal of the study is to develop and test a theoretically-based, empirically-informed, and culturally appropriate message to encourage Hispanic men who have sex with men (HMSM) to get tested for HIV and to learn their current serostatus. The study integrates the theory of vested interest (Crano, 1995) with a socio-cultural theory of HIV risk (Diaz, 1998) to explore factors that hinder testing behaviors among men who hold strong positive attitudes about the benefits of HIV testing. The study is conducted in two phases. venues. Participants will be interviewed about their attitudes toward HIV testing, their HIV testing history, and factors that are hypothesized to moderate the relationship between attitudes and behavior. Logistic regression analyses will identify which factors most strongly distinguish those men who have been recently tested for HIV from those men who have not. (In this application, recently tested refers to men who have been tested and have returned for their test results in the last 12 months) These data will be used to develop a persuasive message. The message will be tested for strength on an additional sample of 100 HMSM, refined if required and tested for efficacy in Phase 2. In Phase 2, the investigators employ a post-test only design to experimentally test the efficacy of the persuasive message to increase rates of recent testing (testing and returning for the results) among HMSM. The investigators will randomly assign a sample of 600 HMSM, recruited from community venues, to one of three conditions: Condition 1: written message plus HIV test offer; Condition 2: audio message plus HIV test offer; or Condition 3: HIV test 3offer only. Logistic regression analyses will test whether rates of recent testing (test acceptance and return for results) differ as a function of condition. They will also examine whether the efficacy of different conditions written vs. audio) varies by level of acculturation.