Young Latino migrant men who have sex with men are at high risk for HIV infection. The Popular Opinion Leader intervention, shown to be effective with White gay men, was adapted by the Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., for this Latino migrant population. This project, called the Young Latino Promotores, was implemented over a 2-year period by community-based organizations in … [Read more...] about Adapting the popular opinion leader intervention for Latino young migrant men who have sex with men.
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Providing health care to low-income women: a matter of trust.
Trust is an important indicator of quality in patient-provider relationships and predicts adherence to certain protective health behaviours. It has been relatively unexplored among low-income or minority women. We explored health care experiences that influence patient trust among low-income women in the USA with respect to professionals and lay health workers … [Read more...] about Providing health care to low-income women: a matter of trust.
Effects of a culturally grounded community-based diabetes prevention program for obese Latino adolescents.
The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility and preliminary effects of a culturally grounded, community-based diabetes prevention program among obese Latino adolescents. Fifteen obese Latino adolescents completed a 12-week intervention that included weekly lifestyle education classes delivered by bilingual/bicultural promotoras and three, 60-minute physical … [Read more...] about Effects of a culturally grounded community-based diabetes prevention program for obese Latino adolescents.
African American Community Breast Health Education: A Pilot Project.
This paper reports the results of a project designed to examine the effectiveness of a Train the Trainer breast health education and screening program for African American, elderly and underserved women residing in the greater Nashville area. The project aimed to identify a cadre of women from the community willing to serve as leader advocates and peer breast health educators. … [Read more...] about African American Community Breast Health Education: A Pilot Project.
Pasa la voz (spread the word): using women’s social networks for HIV education and testing.
Pasa la Voz (spread the word) is a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention methodology inspired by respondent-driven sampling (RDS) that uses social networks to access hard-to-reach populations. As field testing showed the approach to be efficacious among at-risk women in West Texas and Southern New Mexico, we set out to evaluate the methodology in a Mexican context. A … [Read more...] about Pasa la voz (spread the word): using women’s social networks for HIV education and testing.
