Anthony J. Silvestre ^1*, John B. Hylton ², Lisette M. Johnson ², Carmoncelia Houston ³, Mallory Witt ⁴, Lisa Jacobson ², David Ostrow ⁵

¹ University of Pittsburgh
² Johns Hopkins University
³ Ruth M. Rothstein Core Center
⁴ UCLA
⁵ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: tonys{at}stophiv.pitt.edu.

	Abstract

We describe the efforts of a 4-city campaign to recruit Black and Hispanic men who have sex with men into an established HIV epidemiological study. The campaign used community organizing principles and a social marketing model that focused on personnel, location, product, costs and benefits, and promotion. The campaign was developed at the community, group, and individual levels to both increase trust and reduce barriers.

The proportion of Hispanic men recruited during the 2002-2003 campaign doubled compared with the 1987 campaign, and the proportion and number of White men decreased by 20%. The proportion of Black men decreased because of the large increase in Hispanic men, although the number of Black men increased by 56%.

Successful recruitment included training recruitment specialists, involving knowledgeable minority community members during planning, and having an accessible site with convenient hours.

Key Words: Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Persons, African Americans/Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, Race/Ethnicity

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