The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Preventing AIDS/HIV: Are Women Free to Protect Themselves?
3214.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Preventing AIDS/HIV: Are Women Free to Protect Themselves?
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to identify the barriers to HIV/AIDS protective behaviors that some women face. Participants will understand the relationship of I.V. drug use to other risky behaviors. Participants will be able to recognize that intimate partner violence is an issue that needs to be addressed in HIV/AIDS prevention programs aimed at women.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Jean M. Breny-Bontempi, PhD, MPH
12:30 PMWithdrawn -- A Feminist Content Analysis of HIV/AIDS Prevention Interventions for Women
Christine Desiato, MSc
12:45 PMRelationship between Intimate Partner Violence, HIV, and Mental Health among Low Income Urban Women
Andrea C. Gielen, ScD, ScM, CHES, Karen A. McDonnell, PhD, Patricia O'Campo, PhD, Jessica Griffin Burke, MHS
1:00 PMSexual and physical intimate partner violence and HIV risks among drug-involved women
Nabila El-Bassel, DSW, Louisa Gilbert, MS
1:15 PMDebunking the fatalistic myth of black women: Use of perceived HIV risk reduction
Emma J. Brown, PhD, RN, CS, Teresa H. Trujillo, MA
1:30 PMPrevalence of violence, drug use, and HIV risk behavior: A comparison of shelter vs. low-income housed women in Los Angeles County
Suzanne Wenzel, PhD, Joan Tucker, MA, PhD, Marc Elliott, MA, PhD, Katrin Hambarsoomians, MS, Doug Longshore, PhD
Organized by:Women's Caucus
Endorsed by:HIV/AIDS; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Medical Care; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA