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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
5205.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. Summarize the evidence regarding the efficacy of the female condom in preventing STI transmission and undesired pregnancy. 2. Summarize recent findings of state-of-the-art acceptability and efficacy studies with adolescents and heterosexual couples in the US, and with sex workers in Lima, Peru. 3. Describe efforts to design and implement female condom education programs and distribution programs in New York City and in South Africa. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Susan S. Witte, PhD | |||
| Evidence supporting programming: Is the female condom being held to a higher standard than the male condom? Theresa Hatzell, PhD, MPH, Paul Feldblum, PhD | |||
| Designing effective female condom education and distribution programs Marilyn John, MS | |||
| National public sector introduction of the female condom in South Africa Tara Nutley, MPH | |||
| Adolescent Perceptions of the Female Condom: Focus Group Results from Urban Teens Mary Latka, PhD, Farzana Kapadia, MPH, Princess Fortin, BA | |||
| Acceptability of the female condom among sex workers in Lima, Peru Carolina Mejia, BA, Patricia J Garcia, MD, MPH, Patricia Segura, RN, Virginia Gonzales, MSW, MPH, EdD | |||
| Relationship-based HIV/STD prevention program promoting female condom use Susan S. Witte, PhD, Nabila El-Bassel, DSW, Louisa Gilbert, MS, Elwin Wu, PhD, Mingway Chang, MPhil, Jennifer Hill, PhD | |||
| Organized by: | Women's Caucus | ||
| Endorsed by: | HIV/AIDS; International Health; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||