title: Exploring Latino men's HIV risk using community-based participatory research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore sociocultural determinants of HIV risk and identify potential intervention approaches among adult Latino men.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using community-based participatory research for study design and implementation and data analysis, 7 focus groups were conducted with members of a soccer league in central North Carolina.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five themes emerged, including perceived barriers to accessing health care, the role of hegemonic masculinity in risk, and potentially effective intervention approaches to health promotion and disease prevention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Latino soccer leagues may provide an effective social network with which to partner to design, implement, and evaluate interventions to reduce sexual risk among Latino men, who have been inaccessible in conventional HIV/ STD prevention programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA. srhodes@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.forename: Kenneth C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Hergenrather
authors.forename: Ivan M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Remnitz
authors.forename: Ramiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arceo
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montaño
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alegría-Ortega
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003256:Community Participation; D017144:Focus Groups; D015658:HIV Infections; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D012106:Research; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012944:Social Support