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Session: The Internet: Harnessing Technology for HIV/AIDS Interventions
3217.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
The Internet: Harnessing Technology for HIV/AIDS Interventions
The Internet offers a unique opportunity to reach out to at-risk populations, especially those groups that are using the Web to look for sexual partners. This session will present information on evaluating the efficacy of Internet-based interventions for HIV prevention.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Analyze the use of the Internet for recruiting participants and conducting HIV prevention interventions. 2. Evaluate the efficacy of 3 Internet-based strategies for HIV prevention.
Moderator(s):Ron Valdiserri, MD, MPH
12:30 PMOnline recruitment techniques for face-to-face interviews of men who have sex with men
Ana M. Ventuneac, MA, Alex Carballo-Diéguez, PhD, Matthew S. Rowe, MPH, Timothy Frasca, MPH, Nuno Nodin, Ivan Balan, PhD, Robert H. Remien, PhD, Peter Lin, PhD, Curtis Dolezal, PhD
12:50 PMClick here: Testing Web Ads and Messages for Internet Surveys on MSM HIV Risk Behavior  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lisa J. LeRoy, PhD, MBA, Gabriela Garcia, MS, MA, Eric Rubinstein, MPH, Matthew Amsden
1:10 PMComparing MSM who participated in an HIV prevention chat room-based outreach intervention and those who do not: How different are the baseline HIV-risk profiles?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Scott Rhodes, PhD, MPH, CHES, Kenneth Hergenrather, PhD, MSEd, MRC, Barry Ramsey, Leland Yee, PhD, MPH, Aimee Wilkin, MD, MPH
1:30 PMValidating the Results of a Web-Based Behavioral Intervention
Alfonso Ang, PhD, Charles Hu, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by:Maternal and Child Health; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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