Using community-based participatory research to develop an intervention to reduce HIV and std infections among latino men

• Published in: AIDS education and prevention 2006-10, Vol.18 (5), p.375-389
• Main Authors: RHODES, Scott D, HERGENRATHER, Kenneth C, MONTANO, Jaime, REMNITZ, Ivan M, ARCEO, Ramiro, BLOOM, Fred R, LEICHLITER, Jami S, BOWDEN, W. Patrick
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Action Research; Agribusiness; Agricultural Production; AIDS; AIDS/HIV; Biological and medical sciences; Chlamydia; Community; Community involvement; Community Participation; Community Relations; Cooperative Behavior; Counties; Delivery Systems; Disease control; Disease transmission; Education; Epidemics; Epidemiology. Vaccinations; Ethnic Groups; General aspects; Gonorrhea; Health Promotion - organization & administration; Hispanic Americans; HIV; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Intervention; Male; Males; Medical sciences; North Carolina; Outreach Programs; Participatory Research; Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation; Population; Prevention; Program Development - methods; Public Health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Religion; Religious organizations; Research Design; Seasonal Laborers; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control; Social research; STD; Trust (Psychology); U.S.A; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Whites
• ISSN: 0899-9546; 1943-2755
• DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2006.18.5.375

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.