Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention (Hermanos de Luna y Sol)
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorSan Francisco State University
About this trial
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:
* One day-long (8-hour) group retreat. * Weekly discussion groups. * Community events and civic engagement activities. * Prevention counseling. Participants in the control arm will not be part of any activity.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Identify as male.
Latino/x/e
Report having sex with men only, or both men and women in the last 12 months.
Speaks, reads/writes in Spanish.
Disqualifiers
Populations younger than 18 years.
Individuals who have participated in an Hermanos de Luna y Sol program in either the intervention or control group locations.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention
BehavioralThe 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).
Treatment groups
360 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Intervention CommunityOther 1 intervention
Group B: Control CommunityNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Self-reported condomless anal intercourse
Time frame
From baseline to end the of intervention, at twelve months.Secondary outcomes
1
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.
Time frame
From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 months2
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.
Time frame
From enrollment to the end of intervention, at 12 months.Sponsors and contacts
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San Francisco State University
Lead sponsor
Drexel University
Collaborator
Chicago Queer Latine Collaborative
Collaborator
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov