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Online Program

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Catch this tea: The truth about STIs (a collaborative session between the Women's Caucus and Cancer Forum)

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Poster
This session will expand the attendees knowledge about STIs as it relates to: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Counseling, Policy and Counseling. The session will also provide an overview of prevention models, policy implications (HPV)and collaborative efforts to address the STI issue in the United States.
Session Objectives: After attending the session, participants will be able to: 1. Explain how STIs increase risk for other issues 2. Assess the relationship between empowerment, counseling and STIs 3. Discuss the benefits of empowerment in prevention of STIs
Organizer:
Keri Norris, PhD, MPH, MCHES

Board 1
Community socioeconomic disadvantage and HIV/AIDS-related knowledge among women: Evidence from a large, population-based study   
Syeda Jesmin, PhD, MPH
Board 2
Gender differences in PTSD and HIV treatment adherence   
Sage Kim, PhD, Lawrence J. Ouellet, PhD, Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti, PhD and Chad Zawitz, M.D.
Board 3
High electronic health literacy is associated with current HIV high-risk behavior among an urban, community-based sample of HIV-positive women   
Lorlette Haughton, MPH, Chinazo Cunningham, MD, MS, Ruby Garner, Chris Norwood, Keith Horvath, PhD and Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS
Board 4
Stigma of having a sexually transmitted infection: Perceptions of human papillomavirus infection and the needs for counseling   
Leith León, Doctor in Public Health, Brandon Brown, PhD, MPH, Leticia Torres, Master of Science, Betania Allen-Leigh, Doctor in Anthropology, Jorge Salmeron, PhD, MD and Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, PhD, MD
  
Board 5
A Behavioral Economic Approach to improve human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination   
Grace Sherman, MPH, MBA, Rebecca Rapport, MPH and Rachel Caskey, MD, MAPP
Board 6
Predicting knowledge of the association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and head and neck cancer (HNC) in a predominantly female university student population   
Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, BDS, MPH, CHES, Christian Geneus, MS, Kara Christopher, MS, MPH, Rebecca Rohde, BS, Ronald Walker, MD and Mark Varvares, MD, FACS
Board 7
Enhancing collaboration to increase HPV vaccination in Wisconsin   
Sarah Mroz, MPH, Noelle LoConte, MD, Amy Godecker, PhD, MS and Amy Conlon, MPH
Board 8
Local health department experiences supporting community efforts to increase HPV vaccination rates   
Kate Heyer, MPH, Kate Drezner, MPH and Lisa McKeown, MPH
Board 9
Policy analysis of legislative activity related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the United States, 2006-2014   
Emma Mitchell, Phd, RN, Pam Baker DeGuzman, PhD, MBA, RN, Melissa Grossman, MPH and Jessica Keim-Malpass, PhD, MPH, RN

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

Organized by: Women's Caucus
Endorsed by: Ethics, Cancer Forum, Black Caucus of Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

See more of: Women's Caucus