Latinos Facing Stigma

描述（由申请人提供）：拉丁裔社区受到艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病的不成比例的影响，特别是拉丁裔男同性恋和双性恋男子和变性人（GBT）。对同性恋和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的污名化被认为是导致无保护性行为，从而导致艾滋病毒和艾滋病的根本因素之一。对同性恋和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的污名化可能使个人面临感染艾滋病毒的风险，因为它对自己产生负面影响，因为它可能减少社会支持，因为它可能阻止个人获得资源。尽管美国社会对同性恋和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的负面态度有所下降，男同性恋者继续遭受污名化。不幸的是，以成见为重点的研究和干预活动有限。我们的研究活动的总体目标是减少艾滋病毒和艾滋病拉丁美洲GET。因此，该项目第二阶段的目标是制作和测试一部教育纪录片，以减少对同性恋和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的污名化，作为预防拉丁美洲GET人群中艾滋病毒风险行为的一种手段。具体目标包括：1.制作一部教育纪录片。这部电影的主要目标观众是14至24岁的拉丁美洲青年。次要观众包括拉丁美洲成年人;以及男同性恋、双性恋、女同性恋和变性人社区的成员。2.制作一份讨论指南，供教育影片使用。3.通过对我们的一部分主要观众对同性恋和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的污名化态度进行前后测试，对教育电影进行评估。我们的商业化计划，其中包括全国电视广播，教育分配，和当地社区的推广，将有助于使这部电影在西班牙语和英语为母语的拉丁美洲和GET观众广泛提供。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Latino communities have been disproportionately impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, especially Latino gay and bisexual men and transgender persons (GBT). The stigma towards homosexuality and HIV/AIDS has been proposed as one of the underlying factors leading to unprotected sex, hence, to HIV and AIDS. The stigma towards homosexuality and HIV/AIDS may put individuals at risk for HIV because of its negative impact on the self, because it may diminish social support, and because it may prevent individuals from accessing resources. Despite the decline in negative societal attitudes towards homosexuality and HIV/AIDS in the U.S., gay men continue to experience stigmatization. Unfortunately, research and intervention activities focused on stigma are limited. The overall goal of our research activities is to reduce HIV and AIDS among Latino GET. The goal of this Phase II project, thus, is to produce and test an educational documentary film to decrease stigma towards homosexuality and HIV/AIDS as a means to prevent HIV-risk behaviors among Latino GET. The specific aims include: 1. To produce an educational documentary film. The primary target audience for this film is Latino youth between the ages of 14 and 24. The secondary audiences include Latino adults; and members of the gay, bisexual, lesbian, and transgender communities. 2. To develop a discussion guide for use with the educational film. 3. To evaluate the educational film through a pre-post test of stigmatizing attitudes towards homosexuality and HIV/AIDS among a segment of our primary audience. Our commercialization plan, which includes national television broadcast, educational distribution, and local community outreach, will help make this film widely available among Spanish and English speaking Latino and GET audiences.