4100.0 Bisexual Men and HIV/AIDS: Risk and Beyond

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to explore issues related specifically to male bisexuality within the context of HIV. Presentations will explore the role of male bisexuality in the context of sexual orientation and HIV status disclosure, HIV testing opportunities, HIV prevention, and challenges that continue to face among bisexual male populations. This session provides the opportunity to understand issues related to bisexuality in the context of the epidemic today. Participants will have opportunities to discuss both primary and secondary prevention.
Session Objectives: Describe factors that increase understanding of HIV transmission risk among bisexual men Evaluate challenges that the “down low” has created in addressing HIV testing and prevention
Organizer:
Brian Dodge, PhD
Moderator:
Ryan Nix

10:30am
Bisexually Active Black Men in the United States and HIV: Time to Think Deeper
David Malebranche, MD, MPH
     
10:45am
What women don't know can hurt them: Hidden male bisexual behavior as a potential bridge for HIV transmission
William A. Zule, DrPH, Wendee M. Wechsberg, PhD, Hendree Jones, PhD, Georgiy Bobashev, PhD, Curtis Coomes, JD, Rachel Middlesteadt Ellerson and Felicia A. Browne, MPH, CHES
     
11:00am
Conceptualizing Bisexual Health Promotion: A Mutilevel Perspective for Reducing Sexual Health Threats to Latino/a Bisexual Teens and Young Adults
Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, DrPH
     
11:15am
Reframing the Down Low: The Social Context of HIV Risk among Bisexually Active African American Men
Sonja Mackenzie, DrPH, MS
     
11:30am
Beyond Risk: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Male Bisexuality and Its Potential Health Implications
Brian Dodge, PhD

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

Organized by: HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by: Latino Caucus, LGBT Caucus of Public Health Professionals, Social Work

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

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