Lay Health Advisors for Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Sponsor

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. Fed)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT00207506

Collaborator

(none)

354

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

9.8

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Non-professional community leaders may be at a great advantage in reaching otherwise hard to reach populations for the purpose of advising on sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention (lay health advisors), health care access, and model health behavior. Latino migrant farm workers are at increased risk for STD and might benefit from such lay health advisors. The study will examine whether this strategy is a useful one for STD prevention in Latino migrant farm workers in rural and small town areas of North Carolina.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Syphilis Gonorrhea Chlamydia Infections HIV Infections	Behavioral: HoMBReS: A lay health advisor approach to STD prevention	Phase 1/Phase 2

Detailed Description

This is a demonstration project which includes the development, implementation, and evaluation of HoMBReS: Hombres Manteniendo Bienestar y Relaciones Saludables (Men Maintaining Wellness and Healthy Relationships). Applying a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, this 3-year study uses a quasi-experimental delayed-intervention comparison group design to assess the feasibility of implementing and the potential efficacy of an adult soccer league-based lay health advisor intervention. The intervention is designed to: reduce sexual risk behaviors among Latino seasonal farmworkers; enhance access to sexually transmitted disease/HIV healthcare services; and develop effective data collection methods among Latino men.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

354 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Crossover Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

HoMBReS: A Lay Health Advisor Approach to Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Study Start Date :

Oct 1, 2004

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2007

Actual Study Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2007

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Reduced STD morbidity []
Reduced risk behavior []

Secondary Outcome Measures

Improved access to services []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

LHA (lay health advisor) and participants:

To be eligible for participation in this study as a lay health advisor (LHA), an LHA must:

self-identify as Latino or Hispanic;
work as a migrant or seasonal farmworker;
be a member of the Liga Hispana de Fútbol de NC;
be 18 years of age;
be literate in Spanish; and
provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

Based on the characteristics of the league population, the researchers anticipate that few potential LHAs or participants will be excluded.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	United States	27157

Sponsors and Collaborators

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Scott Rhodes, PhD, Wake Forest University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00207506

Other Study ID Numbers:

CDC-NCHSTP-4337
U36/CCU300860

First Posted:

Sep 21, 2005

Last Update Posted:

Sep 11, 2012

Last Verified:

Sep 1, 2012

Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Infections

Communicable Diseases

Chlamydia Infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Gonorrhea

Syphilis

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 11, 2012