4065.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

Preparing the Ground: Radio Serial Dramas and HIV-Related Behavior Change in Africa

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Christine Galavotti, PhD
8:30 AMSocial readiness for HIV/AIDS behavior change in the rural African context
Solomon Panford, Maud Ofori Nyaney
8:45 AMMobilizing community support for a radio serial on HIV
Samuel Opoku Amoah
9:00 AMThe role of formative research in the development of a radio serial to prevent HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
Lorrie Gavin, PhD
9:15 AMLogistical obstacles in planning entertainment-education to prevent HIV/AIDS: The case of Ethiopia
Negussie Teffera, PhD
9:30 AMIntegrating a behavior change mass media strategy into a broad agenda for expanding HIV/AIDS preventative and care services in Africa
Michael St. Louis, MD, Ethleen Lloyd, MS, Tadesse Wuhib, MD, MPH, Joseph Petraglia, PhD, Monica Mphusu, Christine Galavotti, PhD
Sponsor:Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health
Cosponsors:HIV/AIDS; International Health; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA