= 110,092) assessed
the efficacy of HIV-prevention interventions across
samples with higher and lower concentrations of
Latinos/Latin Americans. Findings indicated that
groups with higher percents of Latinos increased
condom and HIV-related knowledge to a lesser extent
than groups with lower percents of Latinos/ Latin
Americans. Moreover, groups with greater percents of
Latinos/Latin Americans only benefited from intervention
strategies that included threat-inducing arguments,
whereas groups with lower percents of Latinos/
Latin Americans benefited from numerous strategies.
In addition, groups with greater percents of Latinos/
Latin Americans increased condom use when interventions
were conducted by a lay community member,
whereas groups with lower percents of these groups
increased condom use the most in response to experts.
Not surprisingly, there were important differences
among Latinos/Latin Americans with different education
levels, different genders, and US/Latin American
nationality.