Measuring Sex, Contraception & Mood in Filipino Young Adults

描述（由申请人提供）：本修订版R21（响应PA-06-343行为和社会科学中的方法论和测量）提出了ESM（经验抽样方法）在发展中国家量化性行为、避孕药具使用和情绪的第一个严格应用之一。我们将与菲律宾宿务的经验丰富的研究人员合作，开发和修改程序，首先对32个人进行试点研究，然后对800名菲律宾年轻人进行随机试验，随机元素如下：“每周故障排除电话与不电话”“参与者驱动与随机时间提示在个人数字助理（PDA）上完成问卷”“面对面与纸笔自我管理的离职访谈问卷”我们的具体目标如下：目标1：比较人群和随机元素的接受率、完成率和数据质量比较ESM和其他方法的性活动、避孕药具使用和情绪报告。目的3：检查情绪、性活动和避孕之间的相互关系。几乎所有关于菲律宾人性健康的调查都是通过面对面访谈进行的。报告敏感行为的电脑调查可能是年轻人的另一种选择。我们将权衡技术的成本，采访者和现场团队的时间，以及参与者的负担与使用技术的潜在收益相比，面对面和自我管理的问卷。本项目收集的丰富数据将作为研究问题、假设检验和假设生成的基础，远远超出本提案的目的。我们将采用最严格的随机研究设计，开发收集敏感行为和感受的日常数据的方法。这项研究将详细描述菲律宾800名年轻人的健康和情绪。个人数据助理（pda）将用于衡量发展中国家卫生的重要方面。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised R21 (in response to PA-06-343 Methodology And Measurement In The Behavioral And Social Sciences) proposes one of the first rigorous applications of ESM (Experience Sampling Methods) to quantify sexual behavior, contraceptive use, and mood in a developing country. In collaboration with experienced researchers in Cebu, Philippines, we will develop and modify procedures with a pilot study of 32 individuals and then conduct a randomized trial with 800 Filipino young adults with the following randomized elements: " Weekly troubleshooting phone calls versus no phone calls " Participant-driven versus randomly timed prompts to complete a questionnaire on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) " Face-to-Face versus paper and pencil self-administered questionnaires for exit interviews Our Specific Aims are as follows: Aim 1: Compare rates of acceptance, completion and data quality across populations and randomized elements Aim 2: Compare reporting of sexual activity, contraceptive use and mood between ESM and other methods. Aim 3: Examine the interrelationships between mood, sexual activity and contraception. Nearly all surveys on sexual health of Filipinos have been done with face-to-face interviews. Computerized surveys to report sensitive behaviors may be an alternative for young adults. We will weigh the costs of technology, interviewer and field team time, as well as participant burden against the potential gains of using technology compared to face-to-face and self administered questionnaires. The wealth of data collected in this project will serve as a basis for research questions, hypothesis testing and hypothesis generation well beyond the aims of this proposal. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE We will develop methods for collecting daily data on sensitive behaviors and feelings using the most rigorous randomized study design. This study will lead to a detailed characterization of young adults' health and mood among 800 young adults in the Philippines. Personal Data Assistants (PDAs) will be used to measure important aspects of health in the developing world.