Sólo Se Vive Una Vez: The Implementation and Reach of an HIV Screening Campaign for Latinx Immigrants

AIDS Educ Prev. 2020 Jun;32(3):229-242. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2020.32.3.229.

Abstract

Latinxs in the United States are disproportionately affected by HIV and present with more advanced disease than their non-Latinx peers, due to numerous barriers to care including HIV stigma. We describe the adaptation, implementation, and reach of Sólo Se Vive Una Vez (You Only Live Once), Baltimore's first social marketing campaign promoting HIV screening among Spanish-speaking Latinxs. The 6-month campaign promoted free HIV testing by addressing HIV stigma. The campaign included a website, a social marketing campaign, community outreach events, and advertisements via radio, billboards, local partners, and buses. During the campaign, there were 9,784 unique website users, and ads were served to over 84,592 people on social media platforms. Among Latinx HIV testers at the Baltimore City Health Department, 31.6% reported having seen or heard of Sólo Se Vive Una Vez and 25.3% of Latinx HIV testers reported that the campaign influenced them to get tested.

Keywords: HIV stigma; HIV testing; Latinx; immigrant; social marketing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • AIDS Serodiagnosis / statistics & numerical data*
  • Baltimore
  • Community-Institutional Relations*
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis*
  • HIV Infections / ethnology
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Hispanic or Latino / education*
  • Hispanic or Latino / psychology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Program Development
  • Program Evaluation
  • Social Marketing*
  • Social Media
  • Social Stigma*
  • Transients and Migrants / education*
  • Transients and Migrants / psychology
  • United States