Latino Immigrants: Latino Recruitment and Retention Strategies: Community-Based HIV Prevention

Latinos are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. The need for community-based AIDS prevention programs that are culture specific is well recognized. Lay Health Advisor (LHA) interventions are a culturally appropriate way to provide information about HIV/AIDS to community members. LHA programs us...

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Published inJournal of immigrant and minority health Vol. 3; no. 2; p. 97
Main Authors McQuiston, Chris, Uribe, Leonardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Nature B.V 01.04.2001
Subjects
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
AIDS
Beliefs
Community Relations
Counties
Disease prevention
English
Ethnography
Focus Groups
Health Promotion
Hispanic Americans
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Language Skills
Mental Health
Migration Patterns
Minority Groups
Noncitizens
Nursing
Periodicals
Prevention
Recruitment
Retention
School Holding Power
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social Networks
Social support
Statistical analysis
Teaching Methods
Urban Areas
United States > US
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Summary:Latinos are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. The need for community-based AIDS prevention programs that are culture specific is well recognized. Lay Health Advisor (LHA) interventions are a culturally appropriate way to provide information about HIV/AIDS to community members. LHA programs use natural helpers in the community to disseminate information through their social networks. Natural helpers are community members who informally provide support to their neighbors and to whom others naturally turn for advice. This paper reports the recruitment and retention experiences of a Lay Health Advisor Program: Protegiendo Nuestra Familia (Protecting Our Family) for prevention of HIV/AIDS among Latinos in North Carolina. [PERIODICAL ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920