Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention (Hermanos de Luna y Sol)
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Help-Seeking Behavior, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use, Condomless Sex, Risky Health Behavior. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
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.
Interventions
- Behavioral Moon and Sun Brothers: A Community Prevention Intervention
The is a community-based, group intervention delivered in Spanish, using a quasi-experimental design, to reduce HIV sexual risk among Hispanic immigrants who identify as gay/bisexual men or men who have sex with men (GBMSM).
Primary outcome measures
- Self-reported condomless anal intercourse [Time frame: From baseline to end the of intervention, at twelve months.]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Self-Esteem [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 months]
- Social Support [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention, at 12 months.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 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.
- ≥18 years of age.
- Has access to a computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone device.
- Be willing to participate in the study.
- Be able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
- 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.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 2 centers
- San Francisco State University — San Francisco
- Chicago Queer Latine Collaborative — Chicago
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07475702 · 2025-123