Scott D. Rhodes|Kenneth C. Hergenrather|Fred Bloom|Jami S. Leichliter|Jaime Montaño
Outcomes From a Community-Based, Participatory Lay Health Adviser HIV/STD Prevention Intervention for Recently Arrived Immigrant Latino Men in Rural North Carolina
Wake Forest University
latinos united states increased risk hiv sexually transmitted disease std infection evaluated efficacy pilot lay health adviser lha intervention designed increase condom use hiv testing among latino men fifteen lhas mean age 356 range 2360 years 15 latino soccer teams trained worked teammates 18 months another 15 teams served control group data collected baseline 18 months postlha training random sample teammates intervention control teams data collected 222 men mean age 29 years participated one 30 teams relative control condition participants intervention reported consistent condom use 30 days preceding followup unadjusted analysis intervention 656 vs control 413 p 001 participants intervention likely report condom use adjusted odds ratio aor 23 confidence interval ci 1243 hiv testing aor 25 ci 1543 lha interventions latino men developed partnership community members rely malecentered intrapersonal networks culturally congruent enhance preventive behaviors may reduce hiv infection