Surveillance of HIV knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors in the general population.

摘要: This article discusses methods and elements of three major national health survey systems, particularly as they relate to HIV infection AIDS. The National Health Interview Survey the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System provide information about health-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behaviors adults in United States. Youth Behavior measure American youth. Questions designs differ among surveys, but all surveys utilize probability sampling. Survey's AIDS Knowledge Attitudes Supplement is administered a subsample approximately 20,000 people annually. consists telephone providing data for 50 states District Columbia, with an average annual sample size 2,000 per state. samples 12,000 youth its school-based survey, (average) each state local 10,000 household-based 6,000 (projected) college-based survey. meant assist researchers, students, educators, public officials others utilizing bases address policy, program, research, evaluation needs. All can help guide prevention efforts by general population identifying national, local, or state-wide trends. More detailed studies targeted specific high-risk populations are also needed light complexity determinants risk behavior.