Using community-based participatory research to develop an intervention to reduce HIV and STD infections among Latino men.

Full Abstract

Although the Latino community living in the United States has been disproportionately affected by the intersecting epidemics of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), the development, implementation, and evaluation of HIV and STD prevention interventions designed to reduce infection among Latinos lags behind prevention efforts targeting other communities. HoMBReS:
Hombres Manteniendo Bienestar y Relaciones Saludables is a sexual risk reduction intervention designed to reduce HIV and STD infection among recently arrived, non-English-speaking Latino men who are members of a multicounty Latino soccer league in central North Carolina, a region of the United States with both the fastest growing Latino population and disproportionate HIV and STD infection rates. HoMBReS was developed in partnership with the local Latino community using community-based participatory research (CBPR). We describe (a) the CBPR partnership history and further expansion; (b) the development of the intervention through the integration of collected formative data, theoretical considerations, and findings from the scientific literature; and (c) lessons learned while using a CBPR approach to develop HoMBReS.

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Author information

Author/s: Rhodes, Scott D (SD); Hergenrather, Kenneth C (KC); Montaño, Jaime (J); Remnitz, Ivan M (IM); Arceo, Ramiro (R); Bloom, Fred R (FR); Leichliter, Jami S (JS); Bowden, W Patrick (WP);

Affiliation: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA. srhodes(-atsign-)wfubmc.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education (AIDS Educ Prev), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Oct; vol 18 (issue 5) : pp 375-89

Dates: Created 2006/10/27; Completed 2006/12/05;

PMID: 17067250, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Consumer Participation
Cooperative Behavior
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Hispanic Americans
Humans

Humans
Male
North Carolina
Program Development - methods
Research Design
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control

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