概念映射 青年非洲裔美国成年人中STI/HIV预防和避孕套使用
Chakema Carmack1,2,3, Sarah Nganga4, Eisha Ahmed1
1Psychological Health and Learning Sciences Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|June 26, 2024
概括
年轻的非洲裔美国人成年人.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 避孕套的使用对于防止异性恋者感染性传播感染至关重要.
- 行为预测的整合模型解释了态度,规范,自我效能和社会环境因素如何影响行为.
- 在年轻的非裔美国成年人中预防性传播感染/艾滋病的研究是有限的,需要量身定制的信息.
研究的目的:
- 探索年轻的非裔美国成年人对影响避孕套使用和STI/HIV预防的因素的概念化.
- 确定影响避孕套使用态度,规范,自我效能和社会环境因素的关键领域.
- 为这个人口群体提供有效的性传播感染/艾滋病预防干预措施的发展信息.
主要方法:
- 基于小组的概念映射方法与43名自我认同的年轻异性恋非洲裔美国成年人 (年龄20-26岁) 进行了采用.
- 参与者参与了交互式概念映射程序,以视觉地表示他们对STI/HIV风险和避孕套使用的理解.
- 创建了一个地理空间地图,反映了参与者的概念框架.
主要成果:
- 七个总体的概念领域出现了:合作伙伴沟通的自我效能,避孕套使用的自我效能,社交媒体/社会文化影响,避孕套使用/性感染知识,避孕套使用缺点,避孕套使用优点以及关于避孕套使用的主观和社会规范.
- 该研究强调了社交和社交媒体环境对STI/HIV风险感知和预防策略的影响.
- 这些概念领域之间的关系被分析和解释.
结论:
- 概念映射是理解复杂的健康行为和开发有针对性的干预信息的宝贵工具.
- 调查结果提供了对影响避孕套使用和STI/HIV预防的特定因素的洞察力,这些因素影响了年轻的非洲裔美国成年人.
- 结果可以指导创建具有文化相关性和有效的预防计划,以减少该社区的性传播疾病发病率.
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