4230.0 HIV Issues Facing African American Men

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 2:30 PM
Roundtable
Rates of HIV/AIDS remain disproportionately high among African American adult men and youth; the focus of the discussion tables of this session. Topics are as follows: (1) development of innovative prevention/intervention messages and marketing strategies; (2) meaning underlying the constructs of masculinity and African American; (3) important intervention considerations as a function of whether one self-identifies as having sex with men or not; (4) impact of funding agencies on service access; (5) use of condoms and related attitudes; (6) factors predicting of HIV testing.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe the prevalence of HIV and identify the barriers and facilitators regarding HIV testing and effective prevention programs among African American Men, who have and do not have sex with men. 2. Articulate the role of funding agencies, health departments, and community based organizations regarding the HIV epidemic among African American Men, who have and do not have sex with men. 3. Discuss the unique perceptions of sexuality and related constructs among African American males.
Moderator:
John F. Yannessa, PhD

Table 1
Bringing the message: College black men who have sex with men on sex, sexuality and how to spin HIV prevention
Justin C. Smith, BA, Andre L. Brown, BA, Marcie Fisher-Borne, MSW, MPH, Peter A. Leone, MD and Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH
Table 2
Perspectives of being a Black man among African American MSM/W: Implications for HIV prevention
Hema C. Ramamurthi, MBBS, MS, John K. Williams, MD and Nina T. Harawa, MPH, PhD
Table 3
State and local public health prevention activities directed toward Black MSM
Patrick Wilson, PhD and Terrance Moore
Table 4
Organizational structure and non-profit minority HIV organizations: A qualitative study of the effects of funder-mandated organizational requirements on minority community-based organizations (MCBOs)
E. Blaine Parrish, PhD Candidate
  
Table 5
Black MSM: Implementing health marketing techniques as a recruitment method for HIV prevention and care services
Cedric D. Whitfield, MPH, CHES
  
Table 6
From copout to complexity: Emerging perspectives on the "Down Low" from young black men who have sex with men in the South
Justin C. Smith, BA, Andre L. Brown, BA, Marcie Fisher-Borne, MSW, MPH, Peter A. Leone, MD and Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH
Table 7
Perceptions of condom fit and feel and condom access among African-American men who have sex with men
Christopher M. Fisher, MA, Michael Reece, PhD, MPH, Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH and Brian Dodge, PhD
Table 8
Our Lives Photovoice: Using digital photography to explore sexual health of non-gay identified African American men who have sex with men
Edward Mamary, DrPH, MS, Jacqueline McCright, MPH, Kevin T. Roe, MPH and Steven DiVerde, BA
Table 9
Urban African American adolescent heterosexual males talk about masculinity and sexuality: Implications for tailored HIV/STI programs
M. Margaret Dolcini, PhD, Gary W. Harper, PhD, MPH and Mark Coe, PhD
Table 10
Demographic, psychosocial, and logistical factors related to HIV antibody testing among Black MSM in New York City: An exploratory study
Jose Nanin, EdD, CHES, Tokes Osubu, MA, Borris Powell, Donald Powell, Justin Brown, BA and Jeffrey T. Parsons, PhD

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

Organized by: HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Community Health Workers SPIG, Black Caucus of Health Workers

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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