ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the effectiveness of an human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention educational program created especially for Spanish-speaking, low-literacy, male, Latino farmworkers. It describes the program which educated farmworkers about HIV transmission, severity, risk factors and prevention. The preventive behavior given primary consideration in the educational program was the use of a condom during sex with a sex worker. The chapter provides results that evaluated the program's impact on HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. The HIV and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) continue to claim lives around the world. In many places, those with HIV/AIDS remain invisible while living with the virus and even at their deaths. Serious gaps exist in information about farmworkers' knowledge about the HIV epidemic. Most of the information is based on a few local studies and anecdotal research. The implementation and evaluation of the HIV prevention program was conducted in parts of north San Diego County, a semi-rural area of southern California.
