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Session: Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections During an Era of Declining Funds and Crumbling Public Health Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities
4027.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections During an Era of Declining Funds and Crumbling Public Health Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities
This symposium will cover the three major components of sexually transmitted disease epidemiology: determinants of sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infection; structuring and planning sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention programs; and program evaluation and quality improvement. The presentations will place STD transmission dynamics and STD prevention in the current context. A context in which sexual transactions are undergoing a revolution with the expansion of sex partner recruitment on the internet, the sex industry and poverty; funds allocated to public health programs are declining nationally and locally while demands on public health programs increase; and requirements of highly bureaucratized regulation are being enhanced.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Discuss the current parameters of tension between the increasing demands on public health and declining public health resources.
Discussant(s):Sevgi Aral, PhD
Moderator(s):Sevgi Aral, PhD
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMSTD Prevention Program Planning in the Context of Declining Funds, Increasing Bureaucratic Oversight and Crumbling Public Health Infrastructure  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kim Seechuk, MPH
8:55 AMEvaluating STD Prevention Program Efforts: Performance Measures and Quality Improvement  [ Recorded presentation ]
Stuart Berman, MD, MPH
9:15 AMLove in the Ruins: Sexual Behavior and Sexually Transmitted Infection During Times of War, Conflict and Upheaval  [ Recorded presentation ]
Thomas A. Peterman, MD, MSC
9:35 AMDiscussion
9:55 AMConcluding Remarks
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Epidemiology
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Maternal and Child Health; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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