Exploring Latino Men's HIV Risk Using Community-based Participatory Research
Methods : Using community-based participatory research for study design and implementation and data analysis, 7 focus groups were conducted with members of a soccer league in central North Carolina.
Results : Five themes emerged, including perceived barriers to accessing health care, the role of hegemonic masculinity in risk, and potentially effective intervention approaches to health promotion and disease prevention.
Conclusions : Latino soccer leagues may provide an effective social network with which to partner to design, implement, and evaluate interventions to reduce sexual risk among Latino men, who have been inaccessible in conventional HIV/ STD prevention programs.
Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Latino; community-based participatory research; masculinity; men's health
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 March 2007
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