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Session: Improving Hepatitis B Prevention for Drug Injectors through Syringe Exchange Programs
4004.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Improving Hepatitis B Prevention for Drug Injectors through Syringe Exchange Programs
Learning Objectives: See Session Abstract
Moderator(s):Robert Heimer, Ph D
8:30 AM**SESSION ABSTRACT** Improving hepatitis B prevention for drug injectors through syringe exchange programs  [ Recorded presentation ]
Robert Heimer, Ph D, Lauretta E. Grau, Ph D, Greg Scott, Ph D, Merrill Singer, Ph D, Patricia A. Marshall, Ph D, Karen H. Seal, M D, M P H, Yiqing Hu
8:35 AMHepatitis B vaccine study: Evaluation of injection drug users' experience of the informed consent discussion  [ Recorded presentation ]
Patricia A. Marshall, Ph D, Lauretta E. Grau, Ph D, Merrill Singer, Ph D, Greg Scott, Ph D, Robert Heimer, Ph D
8:50 AMTrends in the recruitment of injection drug users into a hepatitis A/B vaccine study: Results from an ethnographic and qualitative inquiry  [ Recorded presentation ]
Greg Scott, Ph D, Lauretta E. Grau, Ph D, Robert Heimer, Ph D
9:05 AMHepatitis C seroprevalence and risk behaviors among active injection drug users in Bridgeport and Hartford, Connecticut  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lauretta E. Grau, Ph D, Helen He, MS, Merrill Singer, Ph D, Robert Heimer, Ph D
9:20 AMSuperiority of accelerated dosing with hepatitis B vaccine for injection drug users  [ Recorded presentation ]
Robert Heimer, Ph D, Lauretta E. Grau, Ph D, Greg Scott, Ph D, Merrill Singer, Ph D, Patricia A. Marshall, Ph D, Karen H. Seal, M D, M P H
9:35 AMCost-benefit analysis of Hepatitis B vaccination in injection drug users  [ Recorded presentation ]
Yiqing Hu, Greg Scott, Ph D, Lauretta E. Grau, Ph D, Robert Heimer, Ph D, Karen H. Seal, M D, M P H, Patricia A. Marshall, Ph D, Merrill Singer, Ph D
9:50 AMDiscussant - Dr. Peter Hartsock
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by:Caucus on Homelessness

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