A SNAPSHOT OF HOW LATINO HETEROSEXUAL MEN PROMOTE SEXUAL HEALTH WITHIN THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS: PROCESS EVALUATION FINDINGS FROM AN EFFICACIOUS COMMUNITY-LEVEL INTERVENTION

Scott D RHODES; Jason DANIEL; Paul A GILBERT; Jorge ALONZO; Aaron T VISSMAN; Stacy DUCK; Mario DOWNS

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A SNAPSHOT OF HOW LATINO HETEROSEXUAL MEN PROMOTE SEXUAL HEALTH WITHIN THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS: PROCESS EVALUATION FINDINGS FROM AN EFFICACIOUS COMMUNITY-LEVEL INTERVENTION

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A SNAPSHOT OF HOW LATINO HETEROSEXUAL MEN PROMOTE SEXUAL HEALTH WITHIN THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS: PROCESS EVALUATION FINDINGS FROM AN EFFICACIOUS COMMUNITY-LEVEL INTERVENTION

Scott D RHODES, Jason DANIEL, Paul A GILBERT, Jorge ALONZO, Aaron T VISSMAN, Stacy DUCK and Mario DOWNS

AIDS education and prevention, Vol.24(6), pp.514-526

2012

DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.6.514

PMCID: PMC3959878

PMID: 23206201

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Hombres Manteniendo Bienestar y Relaciones Saludables (HoMBReS) was a community-level social network intervention designed to increase sexual health among Latino heterosexual men who were members of a multicounty soccer league. Process data were collected each month during 18 months of intervention implementation from each of 15 trained Latino male lay health advisors (known as Navegantes) to explore the activities that Navegantes conducted to increase condom and HIV testing among their social network members. The Navegantes reported conducting 2,364 activities, for a mean of 8.8 activities per Navegante per month. The most common activity was condom distribution. Most activities were conducted with men; about 2% were conducted with women. Among activities conducted with men, half were conducted with soccer teammates and half with nonteammates. Results suggest that Latino men's social networks can be leveraged to promote sexual health within the community. Innovative methods that reach large numbers of community members are needed given the lack of prevention resources for populations disproportionately impacted by HIV and STDs.

Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation

Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine

Public health. Hygiene

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Title: Subtitle: A SNAPSHOT OF HOW LATINO HETEROSEXUAL MEN PROMOTE SEXUAL HEALTH WITHIN THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS: PROCESS EVALUATION FINDINGS FROM AN EFFICACIOUS COMMUNITY-LEVEL INTERVENTION
Creators: Scott D RHODES - Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Jason DANIEL - Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Paul A GILBERT - Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Jorge ALONZO - Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Aaron T VISSMAN - Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Stacy DUCK - Chatham Social Health Council, Siler City, North Carolina, United States
Mario DOWNS - Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: AIDS education and prevention, Vol.24(6), pp.514-526
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.6.514
PMID: 23206201
PMCID: PMC3959878
NLM abbreviation: AIDS Educ Prev
ISSN: 0899-9546
eISSN: 1943-2755
Publisher: Guilford; New York, NY
Language: English
Date published: 2012
Academic Unit: Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984064194402771

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