Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention (Hermanos de Luna y Sol)
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 360
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Self-reported condomless anal intercourse
Study Overview
Brief Summary
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •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.
- •≥18 years of age.
- •Has access to a computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone device.
- •Be willing to participate in the study.
- •Be able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •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.
Arms & Interventions
Control Community
Participants in the control arm will be unexposed to the intervention components.
Intervention Community
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.
Intervention: Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Self-reported condomless anal intercourse
Time Frame: From baseline to end the of intervention, at twelve months.
Secondary Outcomes
- Self-Esteem(From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 months)
- Social Support(From enrollment to the end of intervention, at 12 months.)