Boyd Donte T, Waller Bernadine, Quinn Camille R
University of Houston, United States.
Adelphi University, United States.
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2020 Sep;116. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105179. Epub 2020 Jun 16.
We aimed to discover which social factors influence protective health behaviors among Black youth. We measured study variables based on data from the National Survey of Teens and Young Adults on HIV/AIDS. Participants include youth aged 15 to 24 who completed a 40-question, web-based survey. The analytical sample of participants (n = 270) only comprised African American youth, mean age 20 years (SD: 0.28). Using multiple regression analysis, study findings suggest that focusing on protective health behaviors, such as personal agency among youth, with variables like personal perception and concern and HIV testing could be one way to reduce their risk of HIV transmission. Enhancing the role and influence of personal agency given their testing behaviors can inform HIV prevention and intervention programs that are specific to Black youth. Our findings identify targets for intervention to enhance personal agency in this population, including enhancing HIV risk prevention.
我们旨在发现哪些社会因素会影响黑人青年的保护性健康行为。我们根据青少年和青年成人艾滋病毒/艾滋病全国调查的数据来衡量研究变量。参与者包括15至24岁的青年,他们完成了一项基于网络的40道题的调查。参与者的分析样本(n = 270)仅包括非裔美国青年,平均年龄20岁(标准差:0.28)。使用多元回归分析,研究结果表明,关注保护性健康行为,如青年中的个人能动性,以及个人认知、担忧和艾滋病毒检测等变量,可能是降低他们艾滋病毒传播风险的一种方式。鉴于他们的检测行为,增强个人能动性的作用和影响可为针对黑人青年的艾滋病毒预防和干预项目提供参考。我们的研究结果确定了在这一人群中增强个人能动性的干预目标,包括加强艾滋病毒风险预防。