2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

2057.0
International perspectives on substance use and health outcomes

Sunday, November 1, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Poster

Board 1
Impact of an alcohol harm reduction intervention on interpersonal violence and HIV sexual risk behaviors among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya: Results from a randomized controlled trial   
Angela Parcesepe, MPH, MSW, Kelly L'Engle, PhD, MPH and Sandra L. Martin, PhD
Board 2
Acceptability and feasibility of a hepatitis C virus infection treatment of patients receiving opiate substitution in a family medicine clinic   
Julie Loslier, M.D., M. Sc., FRCPC
  
Board 3
An International Perspective on Using Medication-Assisted Therapy of Opioid Dependence to Improve Hepatitis C Virus Infection Prevention and Care for People Who Inject Drugs: Structural Barriers and Public Health Potential   
David C. Perlman, MD, Ashly E Jordan, MPH, Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD, Anneli Uuskula, M.D., Ph.D., Duong Thi Huong, MD PhD, Carmen Masson, PhD and Bruce Schackman, PhD
Board 4
A comparison of participant's satisfaction with injectable diacetylmorphine and hydromorphone treatment in a double-blind randomized controlled trial for the treatment of long-term opioid dependence   
Kirsten Marchand, PhD Candidate, Daphne Guh, MSc, Scott MacDonald, MD, Scott Harrison, MA, Suzanne Brissette, MD, Martin Schechter, MD, PhD and Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, PhD
Board 5
Who uses prescription opioid medicines in Denmark?   
Kim Bloomfield, DrPH
  
Board 6
Needs and Relevance Evaluation of a Safe Injection Facility in Monteregie, Quebec   
David-Martin Milot, MDCM, MPH
Board 7
Characteristics and response to treatment among Aboriginal people receiving treatment with injectable opioids for the treatment of long-term opioid-dependency   
Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, PhD, Heather Palis, PhD Candidate, Kirsten Marchand, PhD Candidate, Daphne Guh, MSc, Scott MacDonald, MD, Scott Harrison, MA, Suzanne Brissette, MD, David Marsh, MD and Martin T Schechter, OBC MD PhD FRSC FCAHS
Board 8
Gender differences in the influence of amphetamine-type stimulant use on sexual risk behaviors among youths in China   
Yuchen Mao, PhD, Xiaoming Li, PhD, Qun Zhao and Shan Qiao, PhD
Board 9
Histories of victimization and its relationship with age of regular heroin injection among of long-term opioid dependent women and men   
Kirsten Marchand, PhD Candidate, Heather Palis, PhD Candidate, Jill Fikowski, MPH Candidate, Scott Harrison, MA, Martin Schechter, MD, PhD and Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, PhD
Board 10
Qualitative exploration of the legacy of civil war on alcohol use and its intersection with depression, PTSD, and HIV in the post-conflict populations of Northern Uganda   
Alden Blair, PhD. Candidate, Margo Pearce, PhD; MSc; MPP; BA, Herbert Muyinda, PhD, Achilles Katamba, PhD., Martin T Schechter, OBC MD PhD FRSC FCAHS and Patricia M Spittal, PhD.

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

Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

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