Entre Herman@s: Promoting Health Among Latino MSM

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial with an attention placebo control group. The goal of this study is to decrease HIV incidence in Latino men who have sex with men by engaging their siblings in PrEP-use promotion. In the intervention arm, siblings will be trained to engage their gay brother in PrEP conversations. In the control arm, siblings will be trained to engage their gay brother in conversations about vaccines to prevent COVID, Hepatitis A/B, or MPOX.

Conditions

• HIV Infections

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Entre Herman@s

The intervention unfolds as follows: (Week 1) the research team, Latino MSM, \& sibling will all engage in a PrEP Conversation followed by an individual Sibling Training for siblings to learn communication strategies for promoting health behaviors; (Week 2) we will send siblings reminders and a link to motivational interviewing techniques; (Week 3) we will conduct brief Follow-ups with siblings to determine if their brother changed his behavior; (Week 4) we will send a reminder to Latino MSM that they will have a follow-up the following week; (Week 5) we will conduct 30-day Follow-up with Latino MSM to determine if there was uptake of the new behavior change; (Week 7) same as week 5 above; (Week 10) send siblings information on motivational interviewing; (Week 12) final follow-up for both Latino MSM and siblings.

BEHAVIORAL

Vaccines for Health

The intervention unfolds as follows: (Week 1) the research team, Latino MSM, \& sibling will all engage in a Health Conversation about vaccines for COVID, Hep A/B, or MPOX, followed by an individual Sibling Training for siblings to learn communication strategies for promoting health behaviors; (Week 2) we will send siblings reminders and a link to motivational interviewing techniques; (Week 3) we will conduct brief Follow-ups with siblings to determine if their brother changed his behavior; (Week 4) we will send a reminder to Latino MSM that they will have a follow-up the following week; (Week 5) we will conduct 30-day Follow-up with Latino MSM to determine if there was uptake of the new behavior change; (Week 7) same as week 5 above; (Week 10) send siblings information on motivational interviewing; (Week 12) final follow-up for both Latino MSM and siblings.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• St. Johns Community Health

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

  collaborator NIH

• Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Homero del Pino, PhD, MS · Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

39 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-04-29

Primary Completion

2025-02-28

Completion

2025-02-28

Countries

• United States

Study Locations