4313.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM

HIV and Needle Exchange Programs

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Richard K. P. Sun, MD, MPH
8:30 PMSyringe exchange, injection-related HIV risk practices, and HIV incidence among IDUs in Chicago: A one year follow-up
LJ Ouellet, SD Diaz, MA Hansen, D Huo, SL Bailey
8:50 PMFactors associated with attrition from a needle exchange program
Melissa A Marx, MPH, Carl Latkin, PhD, Harley Feldbaum, Steve Huettner, Michele Brown, Steffanie A Strathdee, PhD
9:10 PMAssessing the impact of Congressional legislation directed at needle exchange in the nation's capital
Paola Barahona, MPH, Patsy Fleming, Sarah Paige
9:30 PMRepercussions of closing a pharmacy-based needle exchange program site
J Vertefeuille, M Safaeian, MA Marx, E Riley, S Huettner, D Vlahov, S Strathdee
Sponsor:HIV/AIDS SPIG
Cosponsors:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs; Caucus on Homelessness; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Socialist Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA