5079.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

Rape and Sexual Assault: It Still Happens

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Deborah Pearlman
8:30 AMPsychosocial effects of sexual violence among African American women aged 18-24
Darrlyn Waynette Cornelius, MPH, Fran T. Close, PhD, Melva V. Thompson-Robinson, MSPE, DrPH
8:45 AMHospital adherence to post-exposure prophylaxis guidelines in sexual assaults: Results from an assault injury surveillance system
Vanessa L. Hosein, BA, Victoria Frye, MPH, Susan A Wilt, DrPH
9:00 AMPhysical injury from sexual assault: Epidemiology and preliminary findings
Marilyn Sawyer Sommers, PhD, RN, John Schafer, PhD, Therese Zink, MD, Linda Hutson, RN, Mischelle Hill, RN, Jeannette Porter, RN
9:15 AMRape accepting attitudes: precursors to or consequences of forced sex
Cynthia Lanier, DrPH
9:30 AMWould verbal abuse from a boyfriend or steady partner lead to risky sexual behaviors among African-American female adolescents?
Adrian Liau, PhD, Gina Wingood, ScD, MPH, Ralph DiClemente, PhD, Donna McCree, PhD, Kim M. Williams, PhD, Richard Crosby, PhD, Kathleen F. Harrington, MAEd, MPH, Susan Davies, PhD
Sponsor:Women's Caucus
Cosponsors:HIV/AIDS; Latino Caucus; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA