3277.1 Contemporary Policy and Intervention Issues in HIV/AIDS

Monday, November 5, 2007: 2:30 PM
Poster
The focus of the posters within this session reflect both policy implications as well as new intervention programs. Posters address how to facilitate partnerships with diverse community-based organizations, the relationship of HV/AIDS issues with national security issues, and relevant international concerns. Regarding intervention programs, posters cover new issues in terms of behavior change among vulnerable segments of the population.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss methods to enhance capacity building. 2. Describe contemporary policy issues surround HIV surveillance and prevention. 3. Recognize contemporary invention strategies.
Moderator:

Board 1
Prevalence and correlates of “selective avoidance” among African American adolescent females at risk of acquiring and transmitting STDs
Ralph DiClemente, PhD, Gina Wingood, MPH ScD, Richard A. Crosby, PhD and Laura F. Salazar, PhD
Board 2
Life Skills Advocate, HIV Home Care Model
H. Dawn Fukuda, ScM and David V. Lessard, BA
Board 3
HRSA Funded Grantees Convened in a Strategic Process Intended to Enhance Funding Impact Through Collaboration
Victor Alos, DMD, MPH, Kenneth Alston, MSPH, Alma Roberts, MPH, Jackie Williams, PhD, RN and Maxine Reed-Vance, PhD(abd) MS
Board 6
New initiatives in HIV surveillance
Stefanie White, MPH, Becky Grigg, PhD, Pam Fillmore and Bonnie Hardy

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Organized by: HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Maternal and Child Health

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