4091.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Poster Session

Injection Drug Users Poster Session

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: See individual abstracts.
Board 1Age mixing patterns in the injecting networks of hepatitis C infected new injectors
Alan Neaigus, PhD, Maureen Miller, PhD, Samuel R. Friedman, PhD, Michele Persaud, MPH, Don C Des Jarlais, PhD
Board 2Drug crackdowns and injection drug users' health
Hannah L. F. Cooper, SM
Board 3History of institutionalization in mental health facilities among young injection drug users (IDUs) in Los Angeles County and its association with hepatitis C infection (HCV)
Javier Lopez-Zetina, PhD, MA, David Norton, PhD, Kevin Malotte, DrPH, MPH, Britt Rios-Ellis, PhD, Veronica Acosta-Duprez, PhD, Peter Kerndt, MD, MPH
Board 4Homelessness and HIV risk among young adult injection drug users: Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study II (CIDUS II)
Tadeo Muriuki, Theresa Perlis, Richard S Garfein, Crystal Fuller, MPH, PhD, Lawrence Ouellet, PhD, David Vlahov, PhD, Peter Kerndt, MD, MPH, Edward Morse, Roberto Valverde, Andrea Swartzendruber
Board 5Initial injection experience and subsequent injection risk behaviors among drug users in New York City
Carey B. Maslow, DrPH, Samuel R. Friedman, PhD, Theresa Perlis, PhD, Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD
Board 6Injection practices and HIV serostatus among prospectively studied syringe exchange users and nonusers in Chicago, 1996-2000
Lawrence Ouellet, PhD, DeZheng Huo, MPH, Julio Garcia, Susan L. Bailey, PhD
Board 7Organizational issues in the implementation of a hospital-based syringe exchange program
Carmen L. Masson, PhD, James L. Sorensen, PhD, David C. Perlman, MD, Nina Grossman, BA, Karl A. Sporer, MD, Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD
Board 8Predictors of changing IDU injection equipment sharing behaviors in Puerto Rico and New York
Sherry Deren, PhD, Sung-Yeon Kang, PhD, Jonny Andia, PhD, Hector Colón, PhD, Rafaela Robles, EdD
Board 9Syringe use and sources among respondents in the New York City Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program - Withdrawn
Tracy Durrah, DrPH
Board 9Who pays for health services for Alaskan IDUs?
Grace L. Reynolds, MPA, Rebecca S. Wells, SM, Dennis G. Fisher, PhD, Henry H Cagle, BS
Sponsor:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Cosponsors:HIV/AIDS; Social Work
CE Credits:CME, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA