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| Name | Class |
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| Drexel University | OTHER |
| Chicago Queer Latine Collaborative | UNKNOWN |
| National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | NIH |
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The goal of this quasi-experimental, community intervention is to reduce HIV sexual risk among Latino immigrant bisexual men or men who have sex with men. The main questions the study aims to answer are:
Does the intervention improve sexual risk behaviors? Does the intervention increase self-esteem and social support? Are self-esteem and social support mediators in the link between the intervention and sexual risk? Researchers will compare information from the intervention versus control participants to answer the above questions.
Participants in the intervention arm will take part in:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention Community | Other | Over the course of twelve months, study participants will participate in: 1) One day-long (8-hour) group retreat (dosage: 100%); 2) Weekly discussion groups (dosage: minimum of 50% of weekly sessions); 3) Community participation (dosage: minimum of 5 civic engagement activities; 50% of community events); and 4) Prevention counseling sessions (dosage: minimum of 1 session). Intervention participants will take part in all four components. |
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| Control Community | No Intervention | Participants in the control arm will be unexposed to the intervention components. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention | Behavioral | The is a community-based, group intervention delivered in Spanish, using a quasi-experimental design, to reduce HIV sexual risk among Hispanic immigrants who identify as gay/bisexual men or men who have sex with men (GBMSM). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Self-reported condomless anal intercourse | From baseline to end the of intervention, at twelve months. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Self-Esteem | We will assess self-esteem using the 20-item Inner Strength Scale adapted for this study with response options and corresponding scores as follows: never (0), rarely (1), sometimes (2), often (4) and very often (4). The scores ranged from 0 to 80 with higher scores denoting higher degrees of inner strength. | From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Self-identified male, which includes transmasculine
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh, ScD | Contact | 415-405-2832 | emmav@sfsu.edu | |
| Rita Melendez, PhD | Contact | rmelende@sfsu.edu |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| San Francisco State University | Recruiting | San Francisco | California | 94132 | United States |
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| Label | URL |
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| Website to promote the study | View source |
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De-identified Individual participant data collected as part of this intervention.
The IPD and supporting information will be available after all specific analyses have been completed (on or about 7/31/2029), and available 36 months thereafter.
Researchers engaged in independent scientific research may request access to the IPD by submitting a research proposal and a statistical analysis plan. After review and approval of the proposal, a signed data sharing agreement is required before the data can be accessed.
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The study is designed as a quasi-experimental, with a community intervention group and a control group.
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| Social Support | We will assess social support using a 20-item questionnaire developed by Krause, measuring social embeddedness (contact with friends and family) and enacted support from others (which entail emotional, tangible and informational support). These items are scored (coding in parentheses) based on the following responses: never (0), rarely (1), sometimes (2), often (3) and very often (4). The scores range from 0-80, with higher scores denoting a higher degree of social support. | From enrollment to the end of intervention, at 12 months. |
| Chicago Queer Latine Collaborative | Recruiting | Chicago | Illinois | 60607 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000066505 | Help-Seeking Behavior |
| D047568 | Unsafe Sex |
| D000073599 | Health Risk Behaviors |
| ID | Term |
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| D012919 | Social Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D012725 | Sexual Behavior |
| D015438 | Health Behavior |
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| ID | Term |
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| D016081 | Moon |
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| D018534 | Earth, Planet |
| D016083 | Planets |
| D016082 | Solar System |
| D055587 | Astronomical Objects |
| D055580 | Astronomical Phenomena |
| D055585 | Physical Phenomena |
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