Open AccessDevelopment and Implementation of a Collaborative, Multistakeholder Research and Practice Model on HIV Prevention Targeting Asian/Pacific Islander Men in the United States Who Have Sex With Men
Author(s) -
Frank Y. Wong,
Vincent Crisostomo,
Daniel Bao,
Blaine E. Smith,
Diane Young,
Zhihuan J. Huang,
Michelle E. Buchholz,
Stephanie N. Frangos
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.154245
Subject(s) - pacific islanders , community based participatory research , participatory action research , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , citizen journalism , men who have sex with men , medicine , asia pacific , gerontology , political science , family medicine , sociology , environmental health , population , ethnology , anthropology , syphilis , law
We describe lessons learned from a national HIV prevention research program grounded in community-based participatory research, the Men of Asia Testing for HIV (MATH) Study, which targeted self-identified Asian/Pacific Islander men in the United States who have sex with men. We discuss the genesis of and impetus for the study and then describe its various facets, including accomplishments, challenges, and unanticipated consequences. We conclude with a discussion about the real-world practice of community-based participatory research with respect to the MATH Study in particular and similar research in general.