Session: Adverse Behaviors and Consequences Paralleling the United States and Southern Africa: Healthy Lifestyles for Living
5159.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Adverse Behaviors and Consequences Paralleling the United States and Southern Africa: Healthy Lifestyles for Living
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Diane L. Adams, MD, MPH
2:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:35 PMCollaborations Across Continents between the United States and Southern Africa: Drug Abuse, HIV, and Other Adverse Consequences
Leslie Cooper, PhD, Dionne Jones, PhD
2:50 PMAdapting an HIV Prevention Intervention for Women Sex Workers in South Africa
Wendee Wechsberg, PhD, Grace Hall, MPH, MPP, Winnie Luseno, MS, Wendy K.K. Lam, PhD, William A. Zule, DrPH, Rachel Middlesteadt Ellerson, BS
3:05 PMComparisons between drug abuse treatment in the US and Southern Africa
Donnie Watson, PhD, Richard A. Rawson, PhD, Solomon T. Rataemane, MD
3:20 PMScreening for substance abuse and HIV risk factors in South African primary health clinics
Constance Weisner, DrPH, MSW, Catherine L. Ward, PhD, Alan J Flisher, PhD, Graham Bressick, MD, Stacy Sterling, MPH, MSW, Jennifer Mertens, MA
3:35 PMBUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR AIDS RESEARCH IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: LESSONS LEARNED
Kathy Sanders-Phillips, PhD, Olive Shisana, ScD, Frank Y. Wong, PhD, Leickness Simbayi, PhD
3:50 PMConcluding Remarks
Organized by:Health Administration
Endorsed by:Epidemiology; International Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA