Greetings Title X Grantee Agencies,
Welcome to the July 2007 RTC monthly Listserv!
As always, we have included the month of July's article
highlights which can be found below. You can simply open the attachments
to read more about a particular issue. Also, please remember to
check out the announcements, meetings and other calendar reminders
at the end of this e-mail.
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July 2007 Articles
HIV Integration Project - HIV
The attached RCT by Padian et al. published in last
week's Lancet, demonstrates no added protection with use of diaphragm
and gel against HIV infection, when provided with condoms.
(see attachment- HIV-Diaphragm)
Clinical Advisory Committee - CAC
This study by Datta et al., published in the current
Annals of Internal Medicine, reviews NHANES data for Gonorrhea and
Chlamydia from 1999-2002 in the US for persons 14 - 39 years old.
(see attached-G&C in US)
Male Advisory Committee - MAC
This article by Dilorio, et al. featured in the June
2007 edition of the AJPH reports the results of an RTC for an HIV
prevention intervention among adolescent males.
(see attached-REAL men)
Calendar of Events
What Would it Take to Eliminate the Disproportionate
Burden of HIV/AIDS Among African-Americans?
LIVE Webcast: Today's Topics In Health Disparities
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/todaystopics/02aug07
Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. ET
On Thursday, August 2, 2007, at 1 p.m. EDT, the Kaiser
Family Foundation will host a live, interactive webcast to discuss
racial disparities in HIV/AIDS, with a focus on the African- American
community. African-Americans account for more people estimated to
be living with AIDS and HIV-related deaths than any other racial/ethnic
group in the U.S.. Today, African-Americans make up about 12 percent
of the U.S. population, but account for half of all new AIDS cases.
And, despite medical advances, the HIV death rate is still significantly
higher for African-Americans than for other groups.
Experts:
*Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Dr.PH., senior advisor on race, ethnicity
and health care, Kaiser Family Foundation, moderator
*Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D., director for the National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
*Phill Wilson, executive director, Black AIDS Institute
*Jennifer Kates, M.A., M.P.A., vice president and director, HIV
Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation
Infant Adoption Awareness Trainings
See attached schedule for trainings in the New England states
Announcements
Please see the attached order forms for the new publications
by Bill Tarvener and colleagues: “Unequal Partners: Teaching
about Power and Consent in Adult-Teen and Other Relationships”
and “The VISCAT: A tool for measuring sexual consent capacity
in people with developmental disabilities”.
Updated Cervical Cancer Website
www.rho.org
The RHO website has featured information on cervical cancer prevention
for over ten years. RHO Cervical Cancer represents a dramatic expansion
of the site with the addition of a vast library of technical documents,
training materials, patient education websites, and films and animation
from world leaders in the field, such as WHO, the US Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, PATH, and many others.
Email Announcement:
Dear Colleague,
Please see attached for information about the revised STD/HIV Interview
Record form.
John M. Douglas, Jr., MD
Director, Division of STD Prevention
(see attachment-STD-HIV Interview)
Region I Title X Training Center
JSI Reasearch & Training Institute, Inc.
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210
e-mail: rtctitlex@jsi.com
