title: Latino sexual and gender identity minorities promoting sexual health within their social networks: process evaluation findings from a lay health advisor intervention.
abstract: The HOLA intervention was a lay health advisor intervention designed to reduce the disproportionate HIV burden borne by Latino sexual and gender identity minorities (gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, and transgender persons) living in the United States. Process evaluation data were collected for over a year of intervention implementation from 11 trained Latino male and transgender lay health advisors (Navegantes) to document the activities each Navegante conducted to promote condom use and HIV testing among his or her eight social network members enrolled in the study. Over 13 months, the Navegantes reported conducting 1,820 activities. The most common activity was condom distribution. Navegantes had extensive reach beyond their enrolled social network members, and they engaged in health promotion activities beyond social network members enrolled in the study. There were significant differences between the types of activities conducted by Navegantes depending on who was present. Results suggest that lay health advisor interventions reach large number of at-risk community members and may benefit populations disproportionately affected by HIV.
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA csun@wakehealth.edu.
authors.forename: Christina J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Lilli
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alonzo
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Rhodes
mesh_terms: D001727:Bisexuality / Q000208:ethnology; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology; D009657:North Carolina; D060728:Reproductive Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D012944:Social Support; D063106:Transgender Persons
keywords: HIV/AIDS; LGBT; Latino; community intervention; community-based participatory research; health disparities; health promotion; lay health advisors/community health workers; process evaluation; sexual health