评估经济方法预防青少年滥用药物的可行性:混合方法研究协议
Rachel Brathwaite1, Massy Mutumba2, Jacqueline Nanteza3
1Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, MO, United States.
JMIR research protocols
|June 14, 2023
概括
这项研究调查了乌干达渔民社区青少年的酒精和毒品使用 (ADU),重点关注艾滋病毒感染的年轻人. 结果将为减少ADU和改善健康结果的干预提供信息.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物滥用研究 药物滥用研究
- 艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究研究
背景情况:
- 青少年的酒精和毒品使用 (ADU) 是撒哈拉以南非洲,特别是乌干达的主要公共卫生问题.
- 乌干达的青少年,特别是那些生活在渔业社区和艾滋病毒感染者的青少年,呈现出高比例的ADU,增加了艾滋病毒的脆弱性.
- 关于这些环境中艾滋病毒感染青少年和青少年的ADU风险和弹性因素的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 检查乌干达渔民社区艾滋病毒感染青少年和青少年中ADU的患病率,后果和多层次风险/弹性因素.
- 探索经济赋权干预对该人口中的ADU的可行性和短期影响.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法方法,涉及焦点小组讨论,与医疗服务提供者的深入采访,横截面调查和随机对照试验.
- 研究样本包括200名青少年和年轻人 (年龄在18-24岁),他们在乌干达西南部的6个诊所感染艾滋病毒.
- 目前正在进行定性数据收集和分析,随后将进行调查和RCT.
主要成果:
- 首次定性阶段的参与者招募已经完成,采访了10名医疗保健提供者,并与20名艾滋病毒感染青少年和青少年举行了2个焦点小组.
- 质量数据的转录,翻译和分析已经开始.
- 跨部门调查将很快开始,研究结果的传播目标为2024年.
结论:
- 这项研究将增强对乌干达弱势人口中艾滋病毒感染青少年和青少年ADU动态的理解.
- 结果将指导开发有针对性的干预措施,以解决ADU,并改善该人口的健康结果.
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