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3038.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| Detection of HIV remains a public health priority. New advances have emerged regarding HIV screening. Furthermore, the CDC has recently provided recommendations concerning HIV screening and testing procedures. This session will provide updates on the CDC recommendations, describe the application of these guidelines to specific settings, and identify factors related to persons’ willingness to get tested and receive counseling. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Articulate the demographic characteristics associate with STI/HIV screening among diverse, vulnerable groups 2. To understand the barriers and facilitators associated with implementing HIV screening in diverse settings 3. Develop strategies to improve the implementation of STI/HIV screening programs | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Chris Aldridge, MSW | |||
| 8:30 AM |  | Partnership Defined Quality: A tool for improving VCT/STI screening services Aysa Saleh-Ramirez, Claudia Velasquez, MPH | ||
| 8:50 AM | | Resident Participation in a City-wide HIV Screening Campaign, Washington, DC, 2006 – 2007 Amanda D. Castel, MD, MPH, Karishma Anand, Vienna Mbagaya, Jennifer Schenfeld, Charles Wu, Titilola Jolaosho, MHS, Sanni Eniola, Tiffany West, MPH, MSPH, Leo Rennie, Donald Hitchcock, Marie Sansone, JD, Manya Magnus, PhD, MPH, Irene Kuo, PhD, MPH, James Peterson, PhD, Alan E. Greenberg, MD, MPH | ||
| 9:10 AM | | Lessons Learned from the District of Columbia's Initiative to Implement Routine Screening for HIV Leo Rennie, Amanda D. Castel, MD, MPH, Donald Hitchcock. Awards: Excellence in Abstract Submission among New Investigators--Award Winner - Recipient | ||
| 9:30 AM | | Acceptance of Opt-out Routine Screening for HIV Infection at an Urban Emergency Department Following New Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidelines Irene Kuo, PhD, MPH, Jeremy Brown, MD, Robert Shesser, MD, MPH, Neal K. Sikka, MD, Manya Magnus, PhD, MPH, Amanda D. Castel, MD, MPH, Gary Simon, MD, Maggie Czarnogorski, MD, Alan E. Greenberg, MD, MPH | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | HIV/AIDS | |||
| Endorsed by: | Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
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