title: A Brief Report: Lessons Learned and Preliminary Findings of Progreso en Salud, an HIV Risk Reduction Intervention for Latina Seasonal Farmworkers.
abstract: Throughout the past decade, HIV rates in Florida-particularly South Florida, where many Latina seasonal farmworkers reside and work-have ranked among the highest in the nation. In this brief report, we delineate important lessons learned and preliminary findings from the implementation of the HIV prevention interventionProgreso en Salud(Progress in Health). Among the 114 Latina seasonal farmworker participants, there were significant increases from baseline to 6-month follow-up in the percentages of overall condom use, HIV testing, HIV/AIDS-related communications with friends, HIV knowledge, condom use self-efficacy, and correct use of condoms. Lessons learned from this study can be used to inform future HIV intervention strategies to improve the adoption and maintenance of HIV risk reduction behaviors among high-risk Latina seasonal workers and other high-risk underserved populations. Future research is needed to support our findings.
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. mkanamor@fiu.edu.
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. delarosa@fiu.edu.|School of Social Work, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. delarosa@fiu.edu.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De La Rosa
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. sdiez002@fiu.edu.|School of Social Work, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. sdiez002@fiu.edu.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diez
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. jweis005@fiu.edu.|Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. jweis005@fiu.edu.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. trepkam@fiu.edu.|Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. trepkam@fiu.edu.
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Trepka
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. asnei001@fiu.edu.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sneij
authors.affiliation: Department of Political Science, University of Gießen, Gießen 35390, Germany. Peter.Schmidt@sowi.uni-giessen.de.|Department of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warszawa 01-815, Poland. Peter.Schmidt@sowi.uni-giessen.de.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. proja003@fiu.edu.|Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. proja003@fiu.edu.
authors.forename: Patria
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rojas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000067565:Farmers; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D021841:Safe Sex; D012621:Seasons; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HIV; farmworkers; hispanic Americans; primary prevention