Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention (Hermanos de Luna y Sol)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorSan Francisco State University

About this trial

The goal of this quasi-experimental, community intervention is to reduce HIV sexual risk among Latino immigrant bisexual men or men who have sex with men. The main questions the study aims to answer are:

Does the intervention improve sexual risk behaviors? Does the intervention increase self-esteem and social support? Are self-esteem and social support mediators in the link between the intervention and sexual risk? Researchers will compare information from the intervention versus control participants to answer the above questions.

Participants in the intervention arm will take part in:

* One day-long (8-hour) group retreat. * Weekly discussion groups. * Community events and civic engagement activities. * Prevention counseling. Participants in the control arm will not be part of any activity.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Identify as male.

Latino/x/e

Report having sex with men only, or both men and women in the last 12 months.

Speaks, reads/writes in Spanish.

Disqualifiers

Populations younger than 18 years.

Individuals who have participated in an Hermanos de Luna y Sol program in either the intervention or control group locations.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention

Treatment groups

360 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

San Francisco State University

Lead sponsor

Drexel University

Collaborator

Chicago Queer Latine Collaborative

Collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Collaborator