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4230.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
Roundtable | ||||
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| Rates of HIV/AIDS remain disproportionately high among African American adult men and youth; the focus of the discussion tables of this session. Topics are as follows: (1) development of innovative prevention/intervention messages and marketing strategies; (2) meaning underlying the constructs of masculinity and African American; (3) important intervention considerations as a function of whether one self-identifies as having sex with men or not; (4) impact of funding agencies on service access; (5) use of condoms and related attitudes; (6) factors predicting of HIV testing. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the prevalence of HIV and identify the barriers and facilitators regarding HIV testing and effective prevention programs among African American Men, who have and do not have sex with men. 2. Articulate the role of funding agencies, health departments, and community based organizations regarding the HIV epidemic among African American Men, who have and do not have sex with men. 3. Discuss the unique perceptions of sexuality and related constructs among African American males. | ||||
| Moderator(s): | John F. Yannessa, PhD | |||
| Table 1 | Bringing the message: College black men who have sex with men on sex, sexuality and how to spin HIV prevention Justin C. Smith, BA, Andre L. Brown, BA, Marcie Fisher-Borne, MSW, MPH, Peter A. Leone, MD, Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH | |||
| Table 2 | Perspectives of being a Black man among African American MSM/W: Implications for HIV prevention Hema C. Ramamurthi, MBBS, MS, John K. Williams, MD, Nina T. Harawa, MPH, PhD | |||
| Table 3 | State and local public health prevention activities directed toward Black MSM Patrick Wilson, PhD, Terrance Moore. Awards: Excellence in Abstract Submission among All Presenters--Award Winner - Recipient | |||
| Table 4 |  | Organizational structure and non-profit minority HIV organizations: A qualitative study of the effects of funder-mandated organizational requirements on minority community-based organizations (MCBOs) E. Blaine Parrish, PhD Candidate | ||
| Table 5 | | Black MSM: Implementing health marketing techniques as a recruitment method for HIV prevention and care services Cedric D. Whitfield, MPH, CHES | ||
| Table 6 | From copout to complexity: Emerging perspectives on the "Down Low" from young black men who have sex with men in the South Justin C. Smith, BA, Andre L. Brown, BA, Marcie Fisher-Borne, MSW, MPH, Peter A. Leone, MD, Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH | |||
| Table 7 | Perceptions of condom fit and feel and condom access among African-American men who have sex with men Christopher M. Fisher, MA, Michael Reece, PhD, MPH, Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH, Brian Dodge, PhD | |||
| Table 8 | Our Lives Photovoice: Using digital photography to explore sexual health of non-gay identified African American men who have sex with men Edward Mamary, DrPH, MS, Jacqueline McCright, MPH, Kevin T. Roe, MPH, Steven DiVerde, BA | |||
| Table 9 | Urban African American adolescent heterosexual males talk about masculinity and sexuality: Implications for tailored HIV/STI programs M. Margaret Dolcini, PhD, Gary W. Harper, PhD, MPH, Mark Coe, PhD | |||
| Table 10 | Demographic, psychosocial, and logistical factors related to HIV antibody testing among Black MSM in New York City: An exploratory study Jose Nanin, EdD, CHES, Tokes Osubu, MA, Borris Powell, Donald Powell, Justin Brown, BA, Jeffrey T. Parsons, PhD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | HIV/AIDS | |||
| Endorsed by: | Black Caucus of Health Workers; Community Health Workers SPIG; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
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