Loreto Lara's research while affiliated with University of Desarrollo and other places
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Publications (8)
Purpose:
This study aims to describe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related knowledge and beliefs, as well as understanding attitudes towards masculinity in the context of HIV prevention, held among Chilean men.
Design:
This study reports the qualitative findings of a sequential qualitative-quantitative mixed methodology study: Bringing men...
The aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to investigate the following factors associated with sexually transmitted infections and human immunodeficiency virus prevention: (a) knowledge, (b) attitudes, (c) self-efficacy, (d) vulnerability, (e) risky behaviors, (f) preventive behaviors, and (g) internet use among 40 Chilean women between...
PurposeThe incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is high among young Chilean women, and there are no STI or HIV prevention interventions available to them that incorporate technology. The purpose of this study was to investigate the preliminary efficacy of an Internet-based STI and HIV prevention...
Young Chilean women between 18 and 24 years of age are at high risk of contracting sexually transmitted infection (STI) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The literature shows a shortage of STI-HIV prevention interventions focused on this specific high-risk population and a unique set of barriers to receiving prevention messages. Internet-base...
To compare the sensitivity and specificity of an Oral Rapid Test (ORT) to that of the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for HIV testing in Santiago, Chile; to track the number of study participants returning for ELISA testing results; and to analyze the participants' perceptions of the ORT compared to the ELISA.
A total of 497 people were r...
ACCESSIBLE SUMMARY: • Depression is considered a factor that interferes with HIV prevention. • Depression may reach 41% among low-income Chilean women. • The current study analyzed the impact of Mano a Mano-Mujer, an HIV prevention intervention, on depressive symptoms among low-income Chilean women. • Mano a Mano-Mujer provided significant bene...
Citations
... Aunque diversas conductas asociadas con la exposición al VIH han sido ampliamente estudiadas (e.g., Bahamón Muñetón et al., 2014;Begum et al., 2020;Huebner & Perry, 2015;Kalichman et al., 1994;Napper et al., 2010;Orcasita et al., 2018;To et al., 2019), incluyendo algunos estudios en el contexto chileno (e.g., Bouniot-Escobar et al., 2017;Fernández et al., 2013;Mella et al., 2015;Villegas et al., 2016), la mayoría de estos estudios se ha focalizado en estudios correlacionales para establecer la asociación entre CSR, factores protectores, factores de riesgo y la transmisión del VIH. Este tipo de estudios se limita al análisis global de variables y su covariabilidad, pero poco o nada informan sobre conductas. ...
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... The construct of masculinity-as defined with respect to Latinx cultural values-has long been researched as machismo. Traditional machismo encompasses a collection of gendered traits prized in men which embody hypermasculinity (i.e., violence, hypersexual behaviors, and heavy substance use) (Cianelli et al., 2008;Ferrer et al., 2016;Neff, 2001;Torres et al., 2002). As the treatment of this construct in research had been met with criticism (Félix-Ortiz et al., 2001), the work of Arciniega and colleagues (2008) reframed the discourse regarding Latinx masculinity. ...
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... Hispanic culture seems to increase the risk of HIV infection among women. In particular, this situation prevails in women in steady relationships who mainly report lower perceived HIV risk due to the myth of romantic love (Lara et al., 2008). Another risky situation is alcohol consumption that is normalized in Hispanic cultures. ...
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... Gottvall et al., 2010;Doubova et al., 2017;Hacking et al., 2019). Only one study was found for Argentina (Stankievich et al., 2018), Chile (Villegas et al., 2015), Colombia (Chong et al., 2020), Ghana, Hong Kong (Chu et al., 2015), Iran (Dehghani et al., 2019), the Netherlands (Mevissen et al., 2011), Portugal (Carvalho et al., 2016), Senegal (Massey et al., 2009), South Korea (Jeong et al., 2017), Spain (Ballester-Arnal et al., 2015), Tajikistan (McCarthy et al., 2020), Tanzania (Haruna et al., 2018) and Uganda (Linnemayr et al., 2017). Most interventions (n = 38) targeted young adults aged 15-24 years and adolescents aged 10-19 years (n = 22), while only one intervention, though targeted at youth, had unspecified age. ...
... Six studies were randomized control trials (RCTs), [20][21][22][23][24][25] three studies had a quasi-experimental design, [26][27][28] three cross-sectional studies were included, [29-31s] one pilot study, [32s] one cohort study, [33s] one protocol for RTC, [34s] and one design article [35s] among the included datasets. Eight articles with 9840 participants used mobile-based services [24-26,29-31s, 34s, 35s] seven articles provided Internet-or Web-based services to 4007 people [21-23,27,28,32s, 33s] and one article evaluated a telephone-based intervention for 701 people. ...
... It used a rapid Ab assay oral test in saliva to detect antibodies against HIV-1 and HIV-2 as compared to enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in blood from 497 individuals. Rapid oral and ELISA tests were found to be statistically equal in sensitivity and specificity [26]. Our validation work was similar. ...
... Prior research has suggested that depression can affect engagement in health promotion behaviors (Atkins, 2010;Brown et al., 2006;Cianelli et al., 2013;NAMI, 2014) such as condom use, substance abuse, and noncompliance with medication and dietary regimens. Therefore, it would be informative to study the mediating effects of depression in the relationship between its social determinants and engagement in health promotion behaviors. ...
