Lay Health Advisors for Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

NCT00207506 | Completed Phase 1

• 2 other identifiers: CDC-NCHSTP-4337U36/CCU300860
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 354
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Syphilis; Gonorrhea; Chlamydia Infections; HIV Infections

Keywords

Latino; Lay Health; Access; Prevention; HIV Seronegativity; HIV

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Reduced STD morbidity

• Reduced risk behavior

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Improved access to services

Interventions

HoMBReS: A lay health advisor approach to STD prevention BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: lead

Study Sites (1)

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Syphilis; Gonorrhea; Chlamydia Infections; HIV Infections

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treponemal Infections; Spirochaetales Infections; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Communicable Diseases; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Neisseriaceae Infections; Chlamydiaceae Infections; Blood-Borne Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Scott Rhodes, PhD

  Wake Forest University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: FED
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2005
• First Posted: September 21, 2005
• Study Start: October 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2007
• Study Completion: October 1, 2007
• Last Updated: September 11, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-09

Locations

US (1)