137th APHA Annual Meeting (November 7-11, 2009): International HIV Research and Practice

Monday, November 9, 2009: 8:30 AM

Oral

The purpose of this session to describe HIV prevention and treatment methods that have been implemented in international settings. The session will also discuss intervention methodology for HIV prevention and treatment in international settings.

Session Objectives: 1) Describe HIV prevention methods in international settings. 2) Describe HIV treatment methods in international settings. 3) Describe HIV prevention and treatment intervention methods that have been used in international settings.

Moderator:

Titilayo A. Okoror, PhD

8:30 AM

HIV prevention among Commercial Sex Workers in a post-conflict setting
Beatrice Adong

8:45 AM

Caring for AIDS-orphaned children: Health outcomes of carers of AIDS-orphaned and other vulnerable children in South Africa
Caroline Kuo, MPhil, Don Operario, PhD and Lucie D. Cluver, PhD

9:00 AM

Integrating agriculture in OVC programming for improved food security in OVC households
Carl Stecker, RN, MPH, EdD, CH, David Roth and Stephen Gichuki

9:15 AM

Linking home-based care to facility-based HIV testing and ART services in central Mozambique
James Pfeiffer, PhD, MPH, Pablo Montoya, MD, MPH, Domingos Fernando, Eva Duarte and Alejandro Soto, MD, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by: APHA-Equal Health Opportunity Committee, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus

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

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