A Strategic Alliance as an Implementation Strategy to Achieve Ending the HIV Epidemic Goals Among Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men: Florida and Puerto Rico, 2023.

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Strategic alliances connecting implementers, community members, and researchers can serve as effective implementation strategies to improve the reach of evidence-based HIV interventions and reduce HIV disparities among Latino men who have sex with men. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Audrey Harkness; Nequiel Reyes; Cho‐Hee Shrader; Maeleigh Tidd; Nicole Altenberg; Glorián Carrasquillo Sánchez; Amanda Cruz Gerena; Susanne Doblecki-Lewis; Jahn Jaramillo; Ron Ledain; Souhail M. Malave Rivera; Omar Martinez; Guillermo Prado; Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz; Rana Saber; Steven A Safren; Edda Rodriguez; Ruth Soto Malave; Eric W. Schrimshaw

doi:10.2105/ajph.2025.308390

Key Points

The research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of strategic alliances in achieving HIV epidemic goals among Latino men who have sex with men in Florida and Puerto Rico.
Describes SOMOS Alianza as a collaboration between implementers, community members, and researchers.
Presents outcomes after one year of implementation activities.
Analyzes the role of strategic alliances in reducing HIV-related disparities.
Post-one-year outcomes demonstrate improved engagement with Latino men who have sex with men.
Strategic alliances show potential to increase access to HIV services among this population.

Implication

Evidence-based interventions reduce HIV disparities in Latino men who have sex with men, suggesting strategic alliances are effective.

Abstract

Evidence-based interventions for Ending the HIV Epidemic inadequately reach Latino men who have sex with men, particularly in Florida and Puerto Rico, stressing the need for implementation strategies. SOMOS Alianza (San Juan, Orlando, Miami Organizational Strategic Alliance) connects implementers, community members, and researchers pursuing Ending the HIV Epidemic goals among Latino men who have sex with men. We describe SOMOS Alianza, present its post-one-year outcomes, and explore how strategic alliances serve as implementation strategies that reduce HIV disparities. (Am J Public Health. 2026;116(5):619-624. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308390).

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A Strategic Alliance as an Implementation Strategy to Achieve Ending the HIV Epidemic Goals Among Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men: Florida and Puerto Rico, 2023.

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