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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 29.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Health. 2023 Oct;20(5):453–460. doi: 10.1071/SH23072

Table 1.

Summary of themes in qualitative interviews

Theme Summary of Results
Social Networks
  • Diverse social networks

Cultural Influences on Sexual Health
  • Latino culture influenced their willingness to discuss sexuality and HIV

  • Religious and conservative viewpoints decreased sexual health openness

  • Latino men must be seen as masculine

  • Latinos are reluctant to see a health care provider unless they are sick

Attitudes About Peer Driven Intervention
  • Positive views of a PDI to promote PrEP

  • Willing to promote and provide PrEP education to their peers and promote

Suggested Intervention Education Content
  • Highlight the significance of protecting themselves from HIV and the benefits of PrEP

  • Be clear about PrEP efficacy

  • Educate that PrEP needs to be taken daily

  • Emphasize that PrEP protects against HIV but not other STDs

Intervention Delivery
  • Preferred an in-person meeting

  • Information could be supplemented through other avenues such as text messages or social media

  • In person conversations are more personable and offer opportunities for questions to be answered

Preferred Interventionist
  • Someone easy to talk to and compassionate

  • Someone familiar and/or culturally competent

  • Someone knowledgeable and enthusiastic about PrEP

  • Must have good communication skills and be sensitive to people’s needs

Suggested Intervention Incentive
  • Recommended amounts widely varied

  • Providing a set payment amount rather than payment for each referral may be more beneficial

  • Cash payment or gift cards are sufficient payment methods