青少年的性行为,吸毒和暴力:通过计算机调查技术增加了报告数量
1Program in Health and Behavior Measurement at the Research Triangle Institute, 1635 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 23, 1998
概括
音频计算机辅助自我采访 (audio-CASI) 技术显著改善了敏感行为的报告. 这种方法增加了男性男性性和药物使用的估计,提高了调查数据的准确性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 调查方法 调查方法
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 传统的自我管理调查问卷往往低于报告敏感或非法行为,因为受访者不情愿.
- 准确测量风险行为对于公共卫生干预和政策制定至关重要.
- 以前的调查方法在获取敏感主题的可靠数据方面遇到了挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估音频计算机辅助自我采访 (音频-CASI) 在捕捉敏感的风险行为方面的有效性.
- 为了比较使用音频-CASI与传统问卷的特定行为报告率.
- 评估技术对青少年男性患病率估计准确性的影响.
主要方法:
- 在1995年全国青少年男性调查中使用了音频CASI技术,其中有1690名受访者.
- 随机分配的参与者接受音频CASI或传统的自我管理问卷.
- 收集关于敏感风险行为的数据,包括性行为和药物使用.
主要成果:
- 与传统方法相比,音频-CASI显著增加了报告的男性男性性活动的患病率超过三倍.
- 注射药物使用和与静脉注射药物使用者的性接触也在音频CASI中报告的比率更高 (增加了三倍以上).
- 在使用音频-CASI技术时,观察到其他几种敏感风险行为报告的增加.
结论:
- 音频-CASI技术是调查青少年敏感和潜在的非法行为的更有效的方法.
- 这项技术提高了对关键公共卫生问题的流行率估计的准确性.
- 未来对风险行为的调查应该考虑采用音频CASI来改善数据质量并减少报告不足.
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