Session: Addressing STIs and HIV Around the World

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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

4055.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral

Addressing STIs and HIV Around the World

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. Discuss the merits of various services for HIV positive women around the world including cervicle cancer screening, sexual reproductive health counseling, and the inclusion of family planning services in PEPFAR programming. 2. Evaluate the current issues of STI partner notification and identify potential strategies for improvement. 3. Discuss issues of STI prevention and sexual risk for obese women.

Moderator(s):

Nada Chaya

8:30 AM

HIV and pre-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions of the cervix in South Africa

Jennifer R. Moodley, M. Hoffman, H. Carrara, B. Allan, D. Cooper, L. Rosenberg, L. Denny, S. Shapiro, AL Williamson

8:42 AM

Obesity and sexually transmitted infection (STI)-related behaviors among young adults in the US

Kara Joyner, PhD, Julie H. Carmalt, MS

8:54 AM

Improving Client Provider Interaction in Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for HIV Positive Women
Paul M. Perchal, MA, Lynn Collins, MD, Rasha Dabash, MA, Wuleta Betemarium, MPH

9:06 AM

Partner notification and pharmacy-based syphilis treatment in Bolivia

Claudia Diaz, PhD, Sandra Garcia, ScD, ScM, Daniel Grossman, MD, Rita Revollo, MD, Danny Tarqui, BA, Freddy Tinajeros, MPH, Kara Richmond, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by:

Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health

Endorsed by:

APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; HIV/AIDS; International Health; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus

CE Credits:

CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA