Condomless Sex, Help-Seeking Behavior, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use, Risky Health Behavior
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this quasi-experimental, community intervention is to reduce HIV sexual risk among Latino immigrant bisexual men or men who have sex with men. The main questions the study aims to answer are: Does the intervention improve sexual risk behaviors? Does the intervention increase self-esteem and social support? Are self-esteem and social support mediators in the link between the intervention and sexual risk? Researchers will compare information from the intervention versus control participants to answer the above questions. Participants in the intervention arm will take part in: * One day-long (8-hour) group retreat. * Weekly discussion groups. * Community events and civic engagement activities. * Prevention counseling. Participants in the control arm will not be part of any activity.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMoon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention
The is a community-based, group intervention delivered in Spanish, using a quasi-experimental design, to reduce HIV sexual risk among Hispanic immigrants who identify as gay/bisexual men or men who have sex with men (GBMSM).
Sponsors
San Francisco State University
Drexel University
Chicago Queer Latine Collaborative
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
The study is designed as a quasi-experimental, with a community intervention group and a control group.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Identify as male. * Latino/x/e * Report having sex with men only, or both men and women in the last 12 months. * Speaks, reads/writes in Spanish. * ≥18 years of age. * Has access to a computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone device. * Be willing to participate in the study. * Be able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
* Populations younger than 18 years. * Individuals who have participated in an Hermanos de Luna y Sol program in either the intervention or control group locations.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-reported condomless anal intercourse | From baseline to end the of intervention, at twelve months. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Esteem | From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 months | We will assess self-esteem using the 20-item Inner Strength Scale adapted for this study with response options and corresponding scores as follows: never (0), rarely (1), sometimes (2), often (4) and very often (4). The scores ranged from 0 to 80 with higher scores denoting higher degrees of inner strength. |
| Social Support | From enrollment to the end of intervention, at 12 months. | We will assess social support using a 20-item questionnaire developed by Krause, measuring social embeddedness (contact with friends and family) and enacted support from others (which entail emotional, tangible and informational support). These items are scored (coding in parentheses) based on the following responses: never (0), rarely (1), sometimes (2), often (3) and very often (4). The scores range from 0-80, with higher scores denoting a higher degree of social support. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTEmma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh, ScD
CONTACTRita Melendez, PhD
Outcome results
None listed