Lay Health Advisors for Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information provided by:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00207506

Purpose

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	Intervention	Phase
Syphilis Gonorrhea Chlamydia Infections HIV Infections	Behavioral: HoMBReS: A lay health advisor approach to STD prevention	Phase I Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics: AIDS Chlamydia Infections Gonorrhea Sexually Transmitted Diseases Syphilis

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Crossover Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	HoMBReS: A Lay Health Advisor Approach to Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Further study details as provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Reduced STD morbidity
Reduced risk behavior

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Improved access to services

Estimated Enrollment:	354
Study Start Date:	October 2004

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.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

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:
1. self-identify as Latino or Hispanic;
2. work as a migrant or seasonal farmworker;
3. be a member of the Liga Hispana de Fútbol de NC;
4. be 18 years of age;
5. be literate in Spanish; and
6. 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

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00207506

Contacts

Contact: Scott Rhodes, PhD

(336) 713-5080

srhodes@wfubmc.edu

Locations

United States, North Carolina
Wake Forest University	Recruiting
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
Contact: Scott Rhodes, PhD 336-713-5080 srhodes@wfubmc.edu

Sponsors and Collaborators

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Scott Rhodes, PhD

Wake Forest University

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	CDC-NCHSTP-4337, U36/CCU300860
Study First Received:	September 13, 2005
Last Updated:	March 20, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00207506
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Latino
Lay Health
Access

Prevention
HIV Seronegativity
HIV

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Bacterial Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Genital Diseases, Male
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Genital Diseases, Female
Virus Diseases

HIV Infections
Chlamydia Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Gonorrhea
Syphilis
Retroviridae Infections
Neisseriaceae Infections

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial
Communicable Diseases
RNA Virus Infections
Treponemal Infections
Chlamydiaceae Infections

Slow Virus Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Spirochaetales Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Infection

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009