HIV Risk Behavior in Men Engaged in Recreational Travel

描述（由申请人提供）：度假旅行的人可能会寻求新的体验，包括一些对健康有负面影响的体验。越来越多的研究文件增加了休闲旅行者的物质使用和高风险性行为。虽然现有的文献和我们自己的试点工作是足够的文件在旅行者的风险行为，相对较少的是知道这种行为的心理社会相关性。如果要为休闲旅行者制定有效的干预措施，则需要更多关于旅行动机的信息，度假时寻求新性伴侣的意图，旅行时与艾滋病毒风险相关的信息，旅行时从事艾滋病毒预防行为的自我效能，以及与休闲旅行相关的风险行为相关的其他背景和个人因素。此外，很少有人知道这一人群的开放性接收风险降低信息，而在度假。本申请是为了响应项目公告PA-03-107，探索/发展研究资助（R21）而提交的，旨在获得2年的资金，以研究三个热门旅游目的地的旅行者的这些问题：佛罗里达州基韦斯特;新奥尔良，LA;和Rehoboth海滩，DE。为了检验这些因素，我们提出了三个阶段的研究：（1）形成性的定性工作，包括对关键信息提供者和休闲旅行者的个人访谈;（2）定量评估风险行为和风险的心理社会相关因素，包括物质使用和1 MB模型的组成部分;（3）焦点小组，旨在从这些数据中获得关于关键主题和总结结论的反馈。主要研究目的包括：描述旅行者的性风险活动，并将度假风险行为与参与者的家庭社区行为进行比较，确定风险的关键相关因素，并确定对预防干预措施的接受程度。每年有数百万人旅行休闲，许多人从事可能危及他们健康的行为。如果获得资助，这项研究将收集有关度假旅行者的物质使用和性风险行为的数据。研究的目的是更好地了解与旅行者风险相关的因素，并开始确定有效的降低风险的策略。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Persons traveling on vacation may seek new experiences, including some experiences that have negative health effects. A growing body of research documents increased substance use and high-risk sexual behavior in leisure travelers. Although the existing literature and our own pilot work is sufficient to document risk behaviors in travelers, relatively little is known about the psychosocial correlates of such behaviors. If effective interventions are to be developed for leisure travelers, more information is needed about the motivations for travel, intentions to seek new sexual partners while on vacation, information related to HIV risk while traveling, self-efficacy for engaging in HIV preventative behaviors while traveling, and other contextual and individual factors related to risk behaviors associated with leisure travel. In addition, little is known about this population's openness to receiving risk-reduction information while on vacation. This application, submitted in response to Program Announcement PA-03-107, Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21), seeks 2 years of funding to examine these issues in travelers to three popular tourist destinations: Key West, FL; New Orleans, LA; and Rehoboth Beach, DE. To examine these factors, we propose 3 stages of research: (1) formative qualitative work consisting of individual interviews with key informants and leisure travelers; (2) quantitative assessment of risk behaviors and psychosocial correlates of risk, including substance use and components of the 1MB model; (3) focus groups designed to obtain feedback about key themes and summary conclusions from these data. Primary study aims include: characterizing the sexual risk activities of travelers and comparing vacation risk behaviors to behaviors in participants' home communities, identifying key correlates of risk, and determining receptivity to prevention interventions. Each year, millions of people travel for leisure and many engage in behaviors that could jeopardize their health. If funded, this research will gather data concerning substance use and sexual risk behaviors in persons traveling on vacation. The purpose of the research is to better understand factors associated with risk in travelers, and to begin to identify effective risk-reduction strategies.