ACSAG - Analysis of Sexual Behaviour in the French West Indies and French Guiana
Head :
Giraud Michel
Gilloire Augustin
Gilloire Augustin
Last update : 05/25/2018 | Version : 1 | ID : 8584
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | Analysis of Sexual Behaviour in the French West Indies and French Guiana |
| Sign or acronym | ACSAG |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
Gynecology/ obstetrics Infectious diseases Psychology and psychiatry |
| Health determinants |
Geography Lifestyle and behavior Occupation Social and psychosocial factors |
| Keywords | HIV transmission, knowledge and beliefs, perceptions and attitudes regarding HIV infection, sexual behaviour and practices, multiple partners, condom use and screening test. |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Giraud |
| Surname | Michel |
| Address | 42 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle 75009 Paris |
| Phone | +33 (0)1 49 70 05 25 |
| michelgiraud1@sfr.fr | |
| Organization | CNRS |
| Name of the director | Gilloire |
| Surname | Augustin |
| Address | Maison du terrain, 317 chemin Durbec 06410 Biot |
| Phone | +33 (0)4 92 38 93 79 |
| augustin.gilloire@wanadoo.fr | |
| Organization | CNRS |
| Collaborations | |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Public |
| Details | ANRS |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | CNRS |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Not-repeated cross-sectional studies (except case control studies) |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
A population file |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
No |
| Additional information regarding sample selection. | Random selection based on telephone directories from two départements in the French West Indies, as well as data from land registry maps and aerial photographs, checked in situ in French Guiana. |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective | The ACSAG survey aims to provide information on the populations' sexual behaviour, their knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV, as well as their preventative behaviours towards HIV-associated risks. It may also identify the differences in behaviour towards HIV/AIDS across the three departments. |
| Inclusion criteria |
- Between 18 and 69 years old;
- Residing in one of the départements included in the survey. |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Adulthood (19 to 24 years) Adulthood (25 to 44 years) Adulthood (45 to 64 years) Elderly (65 to 79 years) |
| Population covered |
General population |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
Regional |
| French regions covered by the database |
Guadeloupe Guyane Martinique |
| Detail of the geography area | French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 1992 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
[1000-10 000[ individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | 2,634 |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Data collection completed |
| Type of data collected |
Declarative data |
| Declarative data (detail) |
Face to face interview |
| Details of collected declarative data | Sexual activity characteristics, level of knowledge, condom use. |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health event/morbidity Others |
| Other (detail) | Sexual behaviour. |
| Procedures | |
| Data collection method | Survey by questionnaire which—drawn up by our team in conjunction with the ACSF national survey questionnaire— was conducted by researchers that were recruited and trained to this effect. |
| Participant monitoring |
No |
| Links to administrative sources |
No |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) |
Data kept by the Mission des Archives Nationales (National Archives Service). Can be consulted via the link:
https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/consultationIR.action;jsessionid=FB5D2D08CA815264EDE38B834977B8C9?udId=&consIr=&irId=FRAN_IR_026647&frontIr=&auSeinIR=false |
| Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
| Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
