3164.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

Interventions for At-Risk Minority, Drug-Abusing Women

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Discussant(s):Dionne Jones, PhD
Moderator(s):Wendee Wechsberg, PhD
4:30 PMSESSION ABSTRACT - Interventions for at risk minority substance abusing women
Wendee Wechsberg, PhD, Dionne Jones, PhD
4:45 PMSocial factors and economic dependence: Factors influencing HIV risk behaviors and risk behavior change among drug-involved women
Sally Stevens, PhD, Victoria Villareal-Perez, Barbara D Estrada, MS
5:00 PMCommunity intervention among African-American female crack users: HIV and other health concerns
Clair Sterk, PhD, Kirk Elifson, PhD, Katherine Theall, Danielle German, MPH
5:15 PMChanges in homelessness and employment following exposure to a woman-focused Afro-centric intervention
Chela Hall, MS, Wendee Wechsberg, PhD, William Zule, DrPH, Carol Council, MPH, NC Women's CoOp Staff
5:30 PMEfficacy of a woman-focused Afro-centric intervention on reducing crack use and sexual risk among crack-using African-American women
Wendee Wechsberg, PhD, William Zule, DrPH, Amelia Roberts, PhD, Rebecca Perritt, MS, Rachel Middlesteadt, BA, Chela Hall, MS
5:45 PMDiscussion: Dionne Jones, PhD, NIDA
Sponsor:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; HIV/AIDS; Latino Caucus; Social Work; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA