3133.0 African-American Women and HIV

Monday, November 9, 2009: 10:30 AM
Roundtable
This session will focus on appropriate HIV prevention, treatment and intervention methods for use with African-American women.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe appropriate HIV prevention methods for African-American women. 2) Describe appropriate HIV treatment methods for African-American women living with HIV. 3) Describe appropriate HIV intervention methods for African-American women.
Moderator:
Lindsay Briggs, PhD, MPH

Table 1
Meeting the Needs of Marginalized, Minority, HIV+ Women: Have We Improved OVER the Last Decade?
Katy Y. Zhang, MPH and Ann Boyer, MD
  
Table 2
A systematic review of observational and experimental literature: Risk factors described by the Theory of Gender and Power tested as correlates of condom use among African American female adolescents
Lara DePadilla, PhD, Ashli Owen-Smith, PhDc, SM, Ralph DiClemente, PhD and Gina Wingood, MPH ScD
Table 3
Perceptions of HIV risk among African American, heterosexual, professional women
Danielle Parks, MPH, Roberta Waite, Ed D, RN, PMHCNS, Elizabeth Gobs, MPH, CHES, Jill Foster, MD and Barbara L. Bungy, MPH, CHES
Table 4
SisterAct: A Program Evidencing the Success of Intergenerational Communication as a Strategy for HIV/AIDS Prevention among African American Girls and Women
Nayantara Watsa, BA and Abby Charles, BA, MPH
Table 5
Using photovoice and video to tell the story of HIV positive women
Deborah Craig
  
Table 6
Pilot Testing an Intervention to Help Black Girls Avoid Behaviors That Put Them at Risk for Contracting HIV
Robin Bartlett, PhD, RN-BC and Terri Shelton, PhD
Table 7
“Pregnant and Positive” The importance of promoting routine HIV testing in the rural Deep South
Tanisha Grimes, PhD, MPH, CHES and Su-I. Hou, DrPH, CPH, RN
Table 8
Strengthening risk reduction: Discontinuation of sex among sexually experienced African-American adolescent females
Erin Bradley, MPH, Jessica Sales, PhD and Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD
Table 9
STD Risk Associated with Discontinuing Condom Use with Main Sex Partner
Teaniese P. Latham, MPH, Jessica Sales, PhD, Eve Rose, MSPH and Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD
Table 10
Examining Sexual Violence Victimization and High Risk Sexual Behaviors among African American Female Adolescents Over Time
Delia Lang, PhD MPH, Jessica Sales, PhD, Laura F. Salazar, PhD, James W. Hardin, PhD, Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD, Gina M. Wingood, MPH ScD and Eve Rose, MSPH

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

Organized by: HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by: Black Caucus of Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, APHA-Equal Health Opportunity Committee, Socialist Caucus, Social Work, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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