4277.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

HIV Risk Behaviors and Prevention Strategies for Men Who Have Sex with Men

This session will investigate a range of HIV risk behaviors and prevention strategies relevant to men who have sex with men (MSM), including youth and adolescents, as well as young males who engage in commercial sex work. Three of these presentations will explore aspects of the phenomenon of "Gay Circuit Parties" throughout the United States; these events attract thousands of gay MSM and are presumed to be venues for the practice of risk behaviors that are presumed to lead to HIV infection
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Basil Vareldzis, MD, MPH
Organizer(s):John Blake West, EdD
4:30 PMGay/Straight Alliance HIV Prevention Project: Reaching young men who have sex with men in a school-based setting
Julie Netherland, MSW, Margot E. Abels, MA, Michael Gaucher, MA
4:44 PMSexual decision making among men who have sex with men in the greater San Francisco Bay area
Matthew E. Staley, Kathleen M. Roe, DrPH, Alice A. Gandelman, MPH
4:58 PMYoung men who have sex with men (MSM) in commercial sex venues (CSV) in Los Angeles: Comparing risks/assessing needs
Alan D. Brown, MA, William J. Reidy, MHA, Denise F. Johnson, MPH, Trista A. Bingham, MPH, MS
5:12 PMGay/bisexual men who attend circuit parties: Frequency, motivators and predictors of party attendance
Gordon Mansergh, PhD, Grant Colfax, MD, Gary Marks, PhD, Robert Guzman, Melissa Rader, MPH, Susan Buchbinder, MD
5:26 PMDrug use and sexual risk behavior among circuit party participants
Grant Colfax, MD, Gordon Mansergh, PhD, Eric Vittinghoff, PhD, Gary Marks, PhD, Robert Guzman, Susan Buchbinder, MD
5:40 PMDistant vs local circuit parties: HIV risk behavior, drug use and access to prevention materials for gay/bisexual men
Gordon Mansergh, PhD, Grant Colfax, MD, Gary Marks, PhD, Robert Guzman, Melissa Rader, MPH, Susan Buchbinder, MD
Sponsor:Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers
Cosponsors:HIV/AIDS SPIG; Social Work; Socialist Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA