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Acceptability and reliability of an adolescent risk behavior questionnaire administered with audio and computer support

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Date
2009
Author
Gutiérrez, Juan Pablo
Torres-Pereda, Pilar
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OBJECTIVE: To test acceptability and reliability of audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) system administered at the household level to gather data on risk behaviors among adolescents in Mexico. METHODS: Answers to sensitive behavior-related questions obtained using ACASI systems were compared with answers to the same questions obtained through face-to-face interviews (FFIs). Focus groups were conducted to explore ACASI acceptability among adolescents and its feasibility in obtaining better self-reported data on sensitive behaviors. RESULTS: ACASI was adolescents' preferred method for reporting risk behaviors, particularly sexual behavior, and did not pose greater challenges to respondents versus FFIs. Also, more risk behaviors were reported through ACASI versus FFIs. CONCLUSION: The use of ACASI systems in disadvantaged households to obtain data on adolescent risk behavior is not only feasible but may also improve data quality in the case of complex questionnaires, compared with FFIs, and should therefore be considered as an alternative survey method.(AU)
 
OBJETIVO: Evaluar la aceptabilidad y fiabilidad de un sistema de autoentrevista asistido por audio y computadora (ACASI) aplicado en los hogares para recopilar información sobre el comportamiento de riesgo de los adolescentes en México. MÉTODOS: Se compararon las respuestas obtenidas mediante el sistema ACASI y entrevistas cara a cara (FFI) sobre aspectos sensibles del comportamiento. Se analizó en grupos focales la aceptabilidad de ACASI para los adolescentes y la factibilidad de obtener mejor información en los autoinformes sobre aspectos sensibles de su conducta. RESULTADOS: Los adolescentes prefirieron el sistema ACASI para informar sobre conductas de riesgo, en particular las relacionadas con el sexo, y no constituyó un mayor reto para los entrevistados en comparación con las FFI. Se informaron más comportamientos de riesgo mediante ACASI que en las FFI. CONCLUSIONES: El empleo del sistema ACASI para obtener información sobre las conductas de riesgo de adolescentes en hogares con dificultades económicas no solo es factible, sino que en el caso de cuestionarios complejos puede mejorar la calidad de la información en comparación con las FFI y debe considerarse como un método alternativo de encuesta.(AU)
 
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Rev Panam Salud Publica;25(5),mayo 2009
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Confidentiality; Risk-taking; Adolescent Behavior; Mexico; Confidencialidad; Asunción de Riesgos; Conducta del Adolescente; Mexico; Comportamento do Adolescente; Questionários; Assunção de Riscos; Computadores; Mexico; Adulto Jovem
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http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009000500006
https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/9834
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Gutiérrez, Juan Pablo,Torres-Pereda, Pilar (2009) Acceptability and reliability of an adolescent risk behavior questionnaire administered with audio and computer support. Rev Panam Salud Publica;25(5) 418-422,may 2009. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009000500006
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