5165.0 Its Your Game, Keep It Real: An Effective Program for Breaking Down the Borders of Traditional HIV Prevention for Middle School Students

Wednesday, October 29, 2008: 12:30 PM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of an effective classroom and computer-based HIV, STI, and pregnancy prevention program for middle school students. This session will outline a stepped process to develop interventions that are founded on theoretical and empirical evidence, provide a real time demonstration of an innovative LAN-based gaming component of the curriculum, describe implementation challenges and solutions, and describe longitudinal effectiveness data, discussed in the light of future research implications.
Session Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Describe standards for the development and implementation of effective technology sexual health programs for adolescents. 2. Describe the outcomes of an intervention designed to reduce risk behaviors among adolescents. 3. Describe mechanisms for incorporating best practice strategies into sexual health programs for adolescents.
Moderator:
Melissa Peskin, PhD

12:30 PM
Addressing Challenges in the Development of HIV, STI, and Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Middle School Students
Christine Markham, PhD, Melissa Peskin, PhD, Nicole McKirahan, MPH, Ross Shegog, PhD, Soledad Liliana Escobar-Chaves, DrPH and Susan Tortolero, PhD
12:45 PM
When the LAN “party”, Virtual World Gaming Technology, and Middle School Classroom Collide: Will Sex Ed Ever Be The Same
Ross Shegog, PhD, Christine Markham, PhD, Melissa Peskin, PhD, Charlie Coton and Susan Tortolero, PhD
1:15 PM
Overcoming Challenges for the Delivery of HIV, STI, and Pregnancy Prevention Programs in Early Adolescents
Melissa Peskin, PhD, Christine Markham, PhD, Ross Shegog, PhD, Melanie Thiel, MPH and Susan Tortolero, PhD
1:30 PM
An Innovative HIV, STI, and Pregnancy Prevention Program that Works: The “It's Your Game…Keep it Real Program” for Middle School Students
Susan Tortolero, PhD, Christine Markham, PhD, Melissa Peskin, PhD, Ross Shegog, PhD, Robert Addy, PhD and Elizabeth Baumler, PhD

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Organized by: HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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