Integrating HIV testing with immigrant health and welfare programs in oakland, CA: Best practice in reaching an underground population

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HIV testing: Overcoming challenges

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Oral

Session Objectives: Identify challenges associated with the implementation of HIV testing programs in diverse contexts.

Moderator:

Tania Basta, PhD, MPH, CHES

12:30pm

Do emergency departments represent a window of opportunity to identify otherwise undiadnosed HIV infections?
Carolyn Nganga-Good, RN MS CPH, Hilda Ndirangu, MHS CPH, Ravikiran Muvva, MBBS MPH MPA, Rafiq Miazad, MD MPH and Patrick Chaulk, MD, MPH

12:45pm

1:00pm

Dissemination of Αt-home HIV testing to high-risk urban African American youth: Barriers and solutions
Joseph Catania, PhD, M. Margaret Dolcini, PhD, Daniel Dowhower, MS, MPH, Gary W. Harper, PhD, MPH, Natalie Teixeira, BS and Luciano Dolcini-Catania

1:15pm

Integrating HIV testing with immigrant health and welfare programs in oakland, CA: Best practice in reaching an underground population
Ifeoma Udoh, PhD, Christina Grijalva, Meredith Minkler, DrPH, MPH, Sandra McCoy, PhD, Kim Barstow, MPH, Catalina Palacios, Bacillio Villa, Scott Caroll, MPH and Megan Dunbar, DrPH MPH

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

Organized by: HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by: Epidemiology

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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