4218.0 HIV/AIDS 2

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session concerns HIV/AIDs and issues surrounding the new WHO treatment guidelines, stigma, adherence, and HAART.
Moderator:
Eckhard Kleinau

12:30 PM
Characteristics of Social Support Amongst People with HIV in Extreme Poverty in Lima, Peru: An Exploratory Study at the Beginning of HAART
Chloe Waters, MSW, MPH, Janeth Santa Cruz, RN, Milagros Wong, RN, Katrina Nelson, MPH, MSc, Arachu Castro, PhD, MPH, Maribel Munoz, RN and Sonya S. Shin, MD, MPH
     
12:48 PM
Interactions of hormonal contraceptives and antiretrovirals: Beliefs among ART-initiated women at Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) Clinic in Nairobi, Kenya
Michelle Desmond, MSW, MPH, Scott LaMontagne, PhD, MPH, FRSPH, Christina Mwachari, MBChB, MSc, PhD and Deepa Rao, PhD, MA
1:06 PM
Implications of adopting new WHO guidelines for ART initiation in Ethiopia
Elke Konings, PhD, Walter Crandall, ASc, A. Frederick Hartman, MD MPH, Tesfaye Arega and Peter Gichangi
1:24 PM
Relationship of Economic and Psychosocial Factors on Adherence to HAART: Findings from a study of PLWH attending public clinics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Homaira Hanif, MHS, PhD, Francisco Inacio Bastos, PhD, Deanna Kerrigan, PhD, MPH, Monica Malta and Neilani Bertoni
1:42 PM
Can HIV Stigma increase ARV adherence? Results from a qualitative study in Southwestern Nigeria
Titilayo A. Okoror, PhD, Catherine O. Falade, MBBS, FWACP, Adetayo Olorunlana, MSc, PhD Candidate and Ebunlomo M. Walker, MBBS

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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