3240.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Prevalence and Risk Behaviors for HIV among Youth and Adults

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD
8:30 PMPhysician prescribing of syringes to prevent HIV and hepatitis: A pilot intervention
Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, Michelle McKenzie, MPH, Meena Mehrotra, BS, Megan E. Gaydos, BA, Tom Whitlock, BS, Valdergur Runnarsdottir, MD, Joan Gormley, RN, Moses Aboagye-Kumi, MD, Grace Macalino, DrPH, Christopher Salas, BS
8:48 PMDifferences in HIV and HCV prevalence and risk behaviors between heterosexual and non-heterosexual injection drug users in Los Angeles County, 1997-1999
Javier L Lopez-Zetina, PhD, MA, Peter R Kerndt, MD, MPH, David R Norton, PhD, Howard E Lee, MD, MPH, Trista A Bingham, MPH, MS
9:06 PMThe Emergence of Crack-Cocaine Injection in New York City: Implications for HIV/HCV Risk Among IDU's
Stephen E. Lankenau, PhD, Lloyd A. Goldsamt, PhD, Michael C. Clatts, PhD
9:24 PMHigh rates of HIV risk behaviors among drug injectors who start during adolescence
Theresa E. Perlis, PhD, Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD, Samuel R. Friedman, PhD, Russell Rockwell, PhD
9:42 PMLack of behavior change after disclosure of hepatitis C virus infection among young injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland
Danielle C. Ompad, MHS, Crystal M. Fuller, PhD, David Vlahov, PhD, David Thomas, MD, Lisette M. Johnson, MS, Charmaine Harrington, MA, Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD
Sponsor:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Cosponsors:Epidemiology; HIV/AIDS SPIG; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Mental Health; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Social Work

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA