What do men who serve as lay health advisors really do? Immigrant Latino men share their experiences as Navegantes to prevent HIV.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Robert E. Aronson, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: HoMBReS was a lay health adviser (LHA) intervention designed to reduce
sexual risk among recently arrived, nonEnglish-speaking Latino men who
were members of a multicounty soccer league in central NC. Our community-
based participatory research (CBPR) partnership collected, analyzed,
and interpreted qualitative life-story narratives to characterize the roles
of male LHAs known as Navegantes. Nine Navegantes were interviewed.
Their mean age was 39 years (range: 26-62 years); six were from Mexico
and three from El Salvador. Navegantes described the function and facilitators
of serving as LHAs and identified leverage points for future HIV and
STD prevention strategies. They highlighted psychosocial and sociocultural
influences on HIV risk, settings for risky behavior, and personal changes
from serving as Navegantes. This study provides preliminary evidence that
an LHA approach is feasible and appropriate for Latino men, and can be
effective in reaching men who might otherwise be difficult to reach.
What do men who serve as lay health advisors really do? Immigrant Latino men share their experiences as Navegantes to prevent HIV.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- AIDS Education and Prevention. 21(3).
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- HIV, Health education, Outreach, Nonenglish speakers, Community, Effectiveness