6008.0: Thursday, October 25, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

Epidemiology Contributed Papers-HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):David Perlman
8:30 AMA methodological comparison of two study approaches to identify HIV incidence: a cross-sectional test-based study versus a longitudinal record-based study
Ling Wang, PhD, Janet Wikoff, MS, Margret Keogh, BS, Wendy Pulver, MS, Judith Wethers, MS, Don DesJarlais, PhD, Donna Glebatis, MS
8:45 AMAccess to health care services among drug users (DUs) at a syringe exchange program (SEP) in New York City
David C. Perlman, MD, Leslie Horn, MPH, Ann Nugent, MA, Stacey Pearson-Brass, MD, Nadim Salomon, MD, Patricia Friedmann, MS, Carmen L. Masson, PhD, Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD
9:00 AMKnowledge of Hepatitis among injection drug users at NYC syringe exchange programs (SEP)
David C. Perlman, MD, Leslie Horn, MPH, Chau Trinh, MS, Jessica Clark, MPH, Juana Cuevas, Molly Yancovitz, Jason Farrell, Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD
9:15 AMImpact of hepatitis C virus infection among persons with hemophilia in New York State
Ping Du, MD, Louise-Anne McNutt, PhD, Jeanne V. Linden, MD, Marcia H. Kolakoski, MS, Jennifer E. Lima
9:30 AMPrevalence and correlates of hepatitis C virus infection among inmates entering prison in California: A comparison of two cross-sectional surveys, 1994 and 1999
Juan D. Ruiz, MD, Dr PH, Fred Molitor, PhD, Jeffrey Chang, MD, Cynthia Cossen, Evalyn Horowitz, MD, ABIM
9:45 AMMethamphetamine dependence and associated problems among participants in outpatient substance abuse treatment in three states
Judith B. Cohen, MPH, PhD, Ewa Stamper, PhD, Chris Reiber, PhD, MPH, Patricia Marinelli-Casey, PhD
Sponsor:Epidemiology
Cosponsors:HIV/AIDS; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA