Motiv82Change: an HIV Prevention Study for Young Latino Men

Young Hispanic Men "Entre Culturas": Navigating Culture, Identity and HIV Risk

The purpose of this study is to develop and pilot test a culturally and developmentally tailored Motivational Enhancement Intervention (MEI) to reduce risky sex (unprotected anal sex and multiple partners) among young Hispanic men who have sex with men (YHMSM).

Stage 1, divided into Stage 1a and Stage 1b, focuses on development, refinement, and pilot testing of interventions. The formative research leading to and including intervention development is completed in Stage 1a. A pilot study to provide acceptability/feasibility data and obtain effect size estimates of the intervention's strength in changing a desired outcome is conducted in Stage 1b. If Stage 1b results are "promising," the intervention moves to full scale efficacy testing in Stage 2 using the classic experimental design of a randomized control trial (RCT). The intervention is ready for Stage 3 effectiveness testing only after its efficacy has been demonstrated in at least two Stage 2 trials.

Inclusion Criteria:

To be eligible, participants must:

1. be male;
2. self-identify as Hispanic/Latino;
3. be 18 - 29 years of age;
4. live in South Florida;
5. have had at least 1 episode of unprotected anal sex with a man in the last 6 months;
6. have had at least 2 male sex partners in the last 6 months;
7. be HIV negative or not known to be HIV positive; and
8. have not previously participated in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. living with HIV infection