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Full Award: Health and Psychosocial Need: The Ascenze Study of Risk and Protection in Adolescence

The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Funding Fogarty Program

Global Brain Disorders Research

Project Information in NIH RePORTER

Health and Psychosocial Need: The Ascenze Study of Risk and Protection in Adolescence

Principal Institution

Columbia University Health Sciences

Principal Investigator(s) (PI)

Davidson, Leslie L., Desmond, Chris

Project Contact Information

Email: lld1@columbia.edu

Year(s) Awarded

2018-2023

Country

South Africa

Collaborators

Human Sciences Research Council

NIH Partners

NIH Office Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP)

Project Description

The Asenze study of adolescent risk and protection will investigate how early and current family and social strengths and difficulties impact the adoption by South African teenagers of risky behaviors (drug use, binge drinking, unprotected sex), behaviors that will sharply increase their chances of HIV infection and other negative outcomes such as school failure or adolescent pregnancy. We will measure their ability to think things through, to plan and to resist impulses, abilities that will affect whether or not they engage in risky behaviors. Because we will follow-up 1581 children whom we have already assessed twice in childhood, we know a great deal about them, their childhood experiences and family life and this information will be extremely useful in developing interventions to prevent harmful behaviors and to protect adolescents from becoming part of an ongoing HIV epidemic.

Related World Regions / Countries

Sub-Saharan Africa