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Hombres gays Latinos en los Estados Unidos

El panorama siempre cambiante de los antecedentes demográficos de los latinos radicados en EE.UU. nos plantea retos singulares para resolver las disparidades de salud de esta población, especialmente con respecto a sus necesidades de prevención del VIH. Los latinos son el grupo etno-racial minoritario más numeroso y con mayor velocidad de crecimiento en EE.UU., con un crecimiento del 43% entre el 2000 y el 2010. Los datos también indican que los latinos son una de las poblaciones con aumento más rápido de riesgo de transmisión del VIH.

  • Los hombres latinos que tienen sexo con hombres (HSH o MSM por sus siglas en inglés*) representan el 81% de las nuevas infecciones entre hombres latinos y el 19% de todos los HSH en general.
  • Los latinos componen el 16% de la población de EE.UU. pero representan el 17% de las personas vivas con VIH/SIDA y el 20% de nuevas infecciones cada año.
  • Los jóvenes (13-29 años de edad) son el 45% de las nuevas infecciones de VIH entre los latinos MSM.

Estos datos señalan la necesidad de identificar las necesidades de salud culturalmente específicas de los hombres latinos homosexuales con el fin de crear intervenciones eficaces que respondan a las disparidades actuales de salud y eviten otras futuras. La Estrategia Nacional de EE.UU. contra el VIH/SIDA subraya la necesidad de programas de VIH que reduzcan las inequidades entre poblaciones minoritarias etno-raciales y sexuales. Los hombres latinos gay tienen identidades multiculturales distintas que los ubican en ambas categorías priorizadas.

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STYLE/M+ Implementation Resources

This PRC project is focused on evaluating the adaptation of the STYLE (“Strength Through Youth Livin’ Empowered”) intervention, developed 10+ years ago in North Carolina, to a community-based clinic in Oakland, CA. APEB is calling their STYLE adaptation “M+.” They will develop social and standard marketing materials for the program. Clients who enroll in M+ will attend an orientation and educational session focused on health literacy and self advocacy skills. Participants may choose which social support programs to attend. Vist the Project Style Website.

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Seroconversion Narratives for AIDS Prevention (The SNAP Project)

As people are living longer and healthier lives with HIV, the risk of HIV transmission through unprotected sexual intercourse or sharing injection equipment continues to grow. While the general consensus is that most people who know they are HIV+ are careful to avoid transmitting the virus, it is estimated that one third of HIV+ gay/bisexual men continue to engage in unprotected sex. There is now a growing call to develop targeted and effective prevention strategies addressing the specific needs of people living with HIV.
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day — February 7, 2016 [booklet]

Research & Resources

This brochure lists research projects with African Americans and helpful resources produced by CAPS/PRC. You might use it to:
  • Stay up-to-date on research and learn what we found out from research
  • Provide materials in trainings/presentations
  • Advocate for services/funding
  • Write grants
  • Develop new or modify existing HIV prevention programs
  • Evaluate current programs
  • Connect with CAPS/PRC to develop new projects. Lead researchers (PIs) are listed for each study. Contact us below to connect.
Questions? Comments? Contact Daryl Mangosing at 415-514-4590 or [email protected] This brochure was prepared by the CAPS Community Engagement (CE) Core, which is previously known as the Technology and Information Exchange (TIE) Core.

Acronyms

MSM: Men who have sex with men PI: Principal Investigator (lead researcher on the study)
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Great HIV Prevention Campaigns Are Not Just Born The Convergence of Research and Service in the Making of the “Families Change, Families Grow” Campaign

When the latest HIV prevalence consensus report was released in San Francisco in 1997, statistics revealed increasing HIV rates among gay and bisexual men of color. Among gay men of color, Latinos had the highest rates of HIV infection. In response to this, the STOP AIDS Project decided to heighten their HIV prevention efforts for Latino gay and bisexual men. STOP AIDS convened a meeting for all of the agencies in San Francisco providing HIV prevention services for Latino gay and bisexual men. “We wanted to bring all of the providers to the same table to increase communication between the agencies and to learn what types of HIV prevention activities each of the agencies were doing.” said Héctor Carillo, former STOP AIDS Project Deputy Director and current CAPS researcher. Another aim was to get a sense of which segments of the gay Latino community each agency was reaching. “What we discovered in that meeting was that we were all reaching a part of this diverse community. There was overlap, but each agency had access to a specific segment of the community,” Héctor said. Acknowledging and integrating each community based organizations’ expertise strengthened the campaign. “Every organization was valued and every group was covered and it made folks feel less defensive.” said Robert Pérez, former Communications Director of STOP AIDS. At that meeting, the agencies realized that there was no unified media to reach the community as a whole, and decided to pursue a media campaign. The STOP AIDS Project had the experience in developing media campaigns and access to funds for the project, while the other agencies had access to each of the various segments of the gay Latino community. Representatives from all of the agencies involved formed a planning committee to create the media campaign. The result is “Families Change, Families Grow/Las Familias Cambian, Las Familias Crecen”– a research-grounded media campaign created through this collaborative effort involving Mission Neighborhood Health Center, Proyecto ContraSIDA por Vida, El Ambiente and the STOP AIDS Project.