4117.0 Health communication for international sexual health

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will explore how health communication campaigns can address HIV/AIDS, STDs, and other sexual health issues in international settings.
Session Objectives: 1. Report on creative strategies for reducing stigma, reaching nuanced populations, and changing community attitudes about sexual health. 2. Examine the effectiveness of health communication campaigns in addressing sexual health in international settings.
Moderator:
Jiunn-Jye Sheu, PhD, MSPH

10:30am
Use of mobile phone services for preventing HIV/AIDS and STDs in southern Africa and beyond
Do Kyun Kim, PhD
     
10:45am
Using radio to reduce stigma, improve knowledge and promote HIV testing: The Malawi Radio Diaries program
Glory Mkandawire, Joel Suzi, Triza Kakhobwe, Rupali Limaye, MA, MPH, Peter Roberts, John Kadzandira and Rajiv N. Rimal, PhD
11:00am
Exposure to BRIDGE project & its effect on self-efficacy among Malawians
Rajiv N. Rimal, PhD, Rupali Limaye, MA, MPH, Glory Mkandawire and Jane W. Brown, MPH
11:15am
‘Whatever I was saying, he came up with his opinions as well.' Interaction between HIV/AIDS peer educators and peers: A grounded perspective on Horizontal and Vertical Health Communication
David Dickinson, PhD
        
11:30am
Youth, sexual and reproductive health, and media and communication trends in post-conflict settings: Lessons from a baseline study in Timor-Leste
Rafael Obregon, PhD, Andrew Carlson, Doctoral Candidate and Mario Mosquera, PhD;

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Social Work

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

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