141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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4119.0
HIV/AIDS 2

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will discuss the contributing factors to the prevalence of HIV/ AIDS in low socio economic settings globally and address the challenges faced when implementing strategies to address the challenges faced.
Session Objectives: Discuss why HIV / AIDs continues to pose grave public health challenges
Moderator:
Jaya Prakash

10:30am
Understanding HIV-risk behavior among migrants vs. non-migrant workers in Nepal   
Roman Shrestha, Tania B. Huedo-Medina, PhD and Michael Copenhaver, PhD
10:45am
Socializing patterns and their associations with unprotected anal intercourse (UAI), HIV, and syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW) in Peru   
Michael Verre, BA, Jesus Peinado, MD, MS, Eddy Segura, MD, MPH, Jesse Clark, MD, MS, Pedro Gonzales, MD, MAS, Jorge Sanchez, MD, MPH and Javier R. Lama, MD, MPH
     
11:00am
Thai & ethnic minority HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) awareness in northern Thailand   
G. Pamela-Renée Crawford, MPhil, SM, MS, PhD, Robert S. Lawrence, MD, Nancy K. Roderer, MLS and David D. Celentano, ScD, MHS
11:15am
Patient experience and economic impact as a result of task-shifting ART services in Ethiopia   
Wendy Wong, BSc, Elias Asfaw, MS, Benjamin Johns, PhD, Thomas Minior, MD, MPH, John GH Palen, PhD, MPH, PA and Sarah Dominis, MPH, MBA, MGM
     
11:30am
Injecting drug use as a public health problem in transitional, low and middle income countries   
Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD, Jonathan Feelemyer, MS, Holly Hagan, PhD, David C. Perlman, MD and Anneli Uuskula, M.D., Ph.D.
     

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Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, Medical Care, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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