4334.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Oral Session

Identifying HIV Risk and Targeting Prevention: Applications of Social Network Research

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Raul Pino, MD
Margaret R. Weeks, PhD
8:30 PMDrug user social network linkages for HIV transmission and diffusion of HIV prevention
Margaret R. Weeks, PhD, Scott Clair, PhD, Stephen P. Borgatti, PhD, Robert Rooks, MS, Maria Martinez, Glenn Scott, Raquel Martinez
8:45 PMSelf reported STDs among in urban youth networks: A call for research and intervention
Raul Pino, MD, Jean Schensul, PhD, Gary Burkholder, PhD, Alessandro Rey Bermudes, Gustavo Lopez
9:00 PMDouble Edged Sword of Diffusion in IDU Social Networks
Scott Clair, PhD, Merrill Singer, PhD, Robert Heimer, PhD, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Patricia A. Marshall, Tom Stopka, MHS
9:15 PMBuilding Level Risk Networks and Sexual Risk Prevention in Older Adults
Jean J. Schensul, Kim Radda, RN, MA, Judith Levy, PhD
9:30 PMUnderstanding ethnic differences in HIV in HIV risk and prevention: Drug use, high-risk site use, networks and social relationships
Robert D. Rooks, MSW, Margaret R. Weeks, PhD, Jean J. Schensul, Scott Clair, PhD
Sponsor:HIV/AIDS
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA