DYnamics of Contraception in Eswatini (DYCE)

项目摘要/摘要 申请书中概述的为期五年的培训和研究项目将促进阿比盖尔博士的职业生涯 格林利夫，一位在撒哈拉以南地区基于手机的横断面数据收集方面已经有成就的学者 非洲掌握高频、纵向的性健康和生殖健康研究。对于计划中的职业生涯 在开发和研究活动方面，候选人将在以下领域做出重大贡献 国际性和生殖人口研究。这一指导研究科学家发展奖 旨在满足格林利夫博士了解避孕药的近期职业发展目标 青春期女孩和年轻妇女之间的动态--收养、延续、终止和转换 在艾滋病毒高流行的环境下(Eswatini)，并实现她成为独立人士的首要职业目标 进展性健康和生殖健康知识的学者。因此，K01的研究将得到支持 通过导师指导的四个互补领域的职业发展培训，促进她的长期研究 目标。为了丰富她的生殖健康学术，格林利夫博士将接受(1)社会学理论方面的培训。 怀孕的欲望。(2)要分析高频纵向数据，她需要掌握高级统计学的技能 方法：研究方法。她将(3)获得艾滋病病毒感染的预防和风险方面的专业知识。最后，要成为一个独立的人 由美国国立卫生研究院资助的调查员格林利夫博士将从事职业发展活动。这是一项创新 该提案与NICHD人口动力学分会的一项关键科学优先事项相一致：研究避孕用具 和不使用的。该研究计划有三个目标：(1)调查各州(就学、收入、 居住流动性)影响避孕措施的使用；(2)检查怀孕意愿和 避孕药的使用；(3)测试妇女对其艾滋病毒风险感知的变化是否改变了她感染艾滋病毒的可能性 避孕措施的使用和预防艾滋病的行为。职业发展和研究活动将受到监督 由一组导师组成，其中包括主要导师伊莱恩·艾布拉姆斯博士，他是哈佛大学流行病学和儿科学教授 哥伦比亚大学和两位共同导师：印第安纳大学社会学教授Jennifer Barber博士和Dr。 John Santelli，哥伦比亚大学海尔布伦人口与家庭健康和儿科系教授 大学。拟议的K01项目将使格林利夫博士处于一个独特而重要的位置，真正进行 年青春期女孩和年轻妇女避孕和预防艾滋病行为的创新性研究 撒哈拉以南非洲是改善全球性健康和生殖健康的优先人口。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The five-year training and research project outlined in this application will foster the career of Dr. Abigail Greenleaf, an already accomplished scholar in cell phone-based cross-sectional data collection in sub-Saharan Africa to master high-frequency, longitudinal sexual and reproductive health studies. With the proposed career development and research activities, the candidate will be poised to make significant contributions in the field of international sexual and reproductive population studies. This Mentored Research Scientist Development award is designed to meet Dr. Greenleaf’s near-term career development goal of understanding contraceptive dynamics – adoption, continuation, discontinuation, and switching – among adolescent girls and young women in a high HIV prevalence setting (Eswatini), and to meet her overarching career goal to become an independent scholar who advances knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. Thus, the K01 research will be supported by mentor-guided career development training in four complementary areas to facilitate her long-term research goals. To enrich her reproductive health scholarship, Dr. Greenleaf will be (1) trained in sociology theories of pregnancy desire. To (2) analyze high-frequency longitudinal data, she requires skills in advanced statistical methods. She will (3) gain expertise in prevention and risk of HIV acquisition. Finally, to become an independent NIH-funded investigator, Dr. Greenleaf will (4) undertake professional development activities. This innovative proposal aligns with a key scientific priority of NICHD Population Dynamics Branch: studying contraceptive use and non-use. The research plan has three aims: (1) Investigate how changing states (schooling, income, residential mobility) impact contraceptive use; (2) Examine the relationship between pregnancy desires and contraceptive use; (3) Test whether changes in a woman’s perception of her HIV risk changes her probability of contraceptive use and HIV prevention behaviors. Career development and research activities will be supervised by a team of mentors including primary mentor Dr. Elaine Abrams, Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics at Columbia University and two co-mentors: Dr. Jennifer Barber, Sociology Professor, Indiana University; and Dr. John Santelli, Professor, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health and Pediatrics at Columbia University. The proposed K01 project will place Dr. Greenleaf in a unique and important position to conduct truly innovative studies of contraceptive and HIV-prevention behavior among adolescent girls and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa, a priority population for reaching global sexual and reproductive health improvements.