Session: HIV and Sexuality: Research into Policy


Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

4231.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral

HIV and Sexuality: Research into Policy

This session explores how researchers can use innovative research methods to illuminate new directions and research support for policy to enhance HIV prevention among specific populations. While conducting research within different disciplines (anthropology, sociology and developmental psychology), common to these four presentations is the use of qualitative methodologies for identifying aspects of the lived experience of people at risk (African-American gay men, transgendered (MTFs) individuals, and heterosexual female adolescents), as well as those who seek to prevent risk taking (peer-educators of same-sex attracted and queer youth). Each presenter explicates how their methodology—individual interviews, focus groups and performance methods--enabled identification of an as-yet undiscovered dimension of risk, which suggests new strategies for HIV prevention policy. Together, these presentations make a compelling case for why and how qualitative research with populations that are at increased risk of HIV can provide crucial information to enhance population-specific HIV prevention and policy.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Identify modes of collecting high quality data among vulnerable communities. 2) Describe how research findings can be used to influence or change policy.

Moderator(s):

Lisa L. Lindley, DrPH, MPH, CHES

2:30 PM

HIV Positive Male-to-Female Transgender Individuals: Health Care Needs