title: Reduced Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Men of Color Who Have Sex with Men: Findings from the Community-Based Organization Behavioral Outcomes of Many Men, Many Voices (CBOP-3MV) Project.
abstract: In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded community-based organizations (CBOs) to deliver Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) to young men of color who have sex with men. Although 3MV, a group-level behavioral intervention designed to reduce human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors of black men who have sex with men (MSM), has shown effectiveness when delivered in a controlled research environment, there is limited evidence that the intervention is associated with similar outcomes in "real world" settings. For the current project, CDC funded three CBOs to conduct outcome monitoring of the 3MV intervention to determine if young MSM of color report changes in HIV risk behaviors postintervention. Using a repeated measures design, risk behaviors were collected at baseline and again at 3 and 6 months postintervention. Changes in risk behaviors were assessed using generalized estimating equations. Participants (n = 337) reported decreases in sexual risk behaviors at both follow-up time points, such as sex without a condom, sex without a condom and multiple partners, and sex without a condom with serodiscordant or status unknown partners. Results suggest that 3MV may be an effective tool for reducing HIV risk behaviors in this critical target population.
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E59, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA. arf7@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E59, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Ekaterine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shapatava
authors.affiliation: MANILA Consulting Group, Inc., McLean, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Weston
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E59, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Tanesha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.affiliation: , Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E59, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Bridget
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E59, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Uhl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D047568:Unsafe Sex; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: 3MV; Community-based organizations; Evidenced-based behavioral interventions; HIV risk behaviors; MSM; Many Men, Many Voices; Men who have sex with men; Young men of color who have sex with men