3217.0 Women and HIV/AIDS

Monday, November 8, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to explore issues related specifically to women in the context of HIV. Presentations will explore the role of HIV prevention, unique techniques to explore for successful prevention, disclosure patterns among women with HIV, and challenges that continue to face women. This session provides the opportunity to understand issues related to women in the context of the epidemic today. Participants will have opportunities to discuss prevention efforts for both primary and secondary prevention.
Session Objectives: Define HIV prevention opportunties for women Analyze factors related to HIV disclosure among women with HIV Evaluate abstinence efforts that may be effective
Moderator:
Sonya Satinsky, PhD, MPH

12:30pm
Process of Creating an Outreach Program to Link Homeless HIV-Positive Women of Color to HIV services
Tina B. Henderson, PhD, Yesenia Guzman, MA and Sergio Savina, BA
     
12:45pm
Satisfaction with healthcare providers among African American Women living with HIV: Results from a secondary data analysis of the Protect Respect Intervention for HIV positive women
Jillian Lucas Baker, DrPH, EdM, Lisa Bowleg, PhD, Edward Gracely, PhD, Jennifer Faerber, PhD, Michelle Teti, MPH, DrPH and Marla Gold, MD
     
1:00pm
Girls 4 HOPE: Building community capacity to prevent HIV infection among African American and Latina teen girls
Maritza Valenzuela, MPH CHES, Sable K. Nelson, Linda H. Scruggs, MHS and Carole Treston, RN MPH
     
1:15pm
“I'd Rather Tell My Kids I Got Diabetes” Disclosure among HIV Positive African American Mothers in Rural South Central Georgia
Tanisha Grimes, PhD, MPH, CHES
     
1:30pm
LIKE A (FEMALE) VIRGIN: From Madonna to Virginity Pledges, Virginity Testing, and Beyond
Maggie Huff-Rousselle, PhD, MBA, MA
     

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

Organized by: HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Socialist Caucus, Social Work, Women's Caucus

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

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