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Eugenia Eng, MPH, DrPH¹, Michael Cotten, BA², Kate Shirah, MPH¹, Scott Rhodes, PhD, MPH, CHES³, Derek Griffith, PhD⁴, Jan Dodds, EdD⁵, Michael Royster, MD, MPH⁶, and Brian Pedersen, BA¹. (1) Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, School of Public Health CB #7440, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, 919 966-3909, eugenia_eng@unc.edu, (2) Chatham County Health Department, P.O. Box 130, 80 East Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312, (3) Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Public Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, (4) Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, SPH 11, M2525, 109 Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (5) Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, School of Public Health CB #7461, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (6) Crater Health District, 301 Halifax St, Petersburg, VA 23803

Background/Purpose: Men as Navigators (MAN) for Health is a CDC-funded, community-based participatory research lay health advisor (LHA) intervention trial, designed to improve men's preventive health behaviors and use of preventive health services. LHA intervention and evaluation activities are occurring with African American and Latino men in one urban and two rural communities of North Carolina. The purpose of this paper is to present intervention products to recruit, train, and engage African American and Latino LHAs, called Navigators: Project Coordinator Training Manual, Navigator Training Manual, and Learning Circle Activities, which were informed by the concepts of “male gender socialization” and “Triple Quandary,”

Methods: MAN for Health is governed by an Advisory Council, representing the eight partners: two academic institutions, three health departments, and three community-based organizations. The Council reviewed and approved all intervention products, developed and implemented by the partners. To monitor and document the degree of implementation fidelity to the intended intervention design, an observation checklist and semi-structured debriefings were used.

Results: To illustrate results from the observations and debriefings, we will show relevant modules from the Project Coordinator Training Manual, the Navigator Training Manual, and Learning Circles. In addition, gender differences in the roles of men as LHAs, raised by the partners, and how they were addressed by MAN, will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the implications of a male LHA intervention being informed with the concepts of "male gender socialization" and "Triple Quandary."
• Identify key products for implementing a male LHA intervention.
• Recognize potential benefits and challenges from engaging men of color as LHAs.

Keywords: Lay Health Workers, Health Disparities

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No