Feasibility of Recruiting Peer Educators to Promote HIV Testing Using Facebook Among Men Who have Sex with Men in Peru

Menacho Alvirio, Luis Alberto; Galea, Jerome T.; Young, Sean D.

dc.contributor.author	Menacho Alvirio, Luis Alberto
dc.contributor.author	Galea, Jerome T.
dc.contributor.author	Young, Sean D.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-06T14:52:12Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-06T14:52:12Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5262
dc.description.abstract	A peer leader-based intervention using social media can be an effective means to encourage Peruvian gay men to test for HIV. The objective was to explore the feasibility of recruiting and training leaders to deliver a peer intervention via Facebook to promote HIV testing. Training consisted of three sessions focused on HIV epidemiology, consequences of stigma associated with HIV, and ways to use Facebook. We performed pre- and post-training evaluations to assess HIV knowledge and comfort using Facebook. We trained 34 peer leaders. At baseline, the majority of peer leaders were already qualified and knowledgeable about HIV prevention and use of social media. We found a significant increase in proportion of peer leaders who were comfortable using social media to discuss about sexual partners and about STIs. It is feasible to recruit peer leaders who are qualified to conduct a social media based HIV prevention intervention in Peru.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.relation.ispartofseries	AIDS and Behavior
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Peru	en_US
dc.subject	Adult	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Male	en_US
dc.subject	Social Support	en_US
dc.subject	Surveys and Questionnaires	en_US
dc.subject	Middle Aged	en_US
dc.subject	Program Evaluation	en_US
dc.subject	Internet	en_US
dc.subject	Feasibility Studies	en_US
dc.subject	HIV Infections/prevention & control	en_US
dc.subject	Social Networking	en_US
dc.subject	Health Education	en_US
dc.subject	Workforce	en_US
dc.subject	Peer Group	en_US
dc.subject	Health Educators/psychology	en_US
dc.subject	Health Promotion/organization & administration	en_US
dc.subject	Homosexuality, Male/psychology	en_US
dc.title	Feasibility of Recruiting Peer Educators to Promote HIV Testing Using Facebook Among Men Who have Sex with Men in Peru	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-014-0987-5
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.12
dc.relation.issn	1573-3254