Perceptions of genetic testing and genomic medicine among urban drug users

4279.0
Identifying and Reducing the Consequences of Prescription Opioid Abuse

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Oral

Moderator:

Nicholas Reuter, MPH

2:30pm

Prescription opioid injection and HCV among young injection drug users
Stephen E. Lankenau, PhD, Karol Silva, MPH and Aleksandar Kecojevic, MPH, DrPH(c)

2:50pm

Prescription drug (PD) misuse associated with increased risk of heroin-use
Konstantina Yantsides, MPH and Margie R. Skeer, ScD, MPH, MSW

3:10pm

Gender-specific patterns for prescription opiate use in u.s. emergency departments
Carole Douriez, MD, Esther Choo, MD, MPH, Alyson McGregor, MD and Traci Green, PhD

3:30pm

Perceptions of genetic testing and genomic medicine among urban drug users
David C. Perlman, MD, Camila Gelpí-Acosta, M.A., Holly Hagan, PhD and Samuel R. Friedman

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

Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

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