Using Peer Educators to Promote HIV Awareness Among Male Migrants in Mexico

The authors compared the effectiveness of three methods of educating migrant men about HIV: (a) prevention pamphlets, (b) a small-group lecture, and (c) peer-based prevention education. They recruited 536 migrant men in Mexicali, Mexico, for interviews at baseline and 1-month follow-up. Comparisons were made on five HIV-related outcome variables using repeated-measures general linear regression models. The participants who received the peer education had a greater change in self-efficacy and in behavioral intentions compared with both of the other groups and a greater change in AIDS knowledge and self-control compared with those who received the small-group lecture intervention.