Computerized HIV screening for women at risk for or experiencing violence

Saturday, October 10, 2009: 9:50 AM-11:10 AM
Salon 816/820 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Speaker:
Jenny Namur Karp, MPH, CHES, Social Solutions International, Inc.


Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Description:
Ms. Namur Karp’s presentation will highlight the intersection of HIV and violence against women, the need for HIV screening and intervention among women experiencing or at-risk for violence, and presentation of the Women’s Interactive Screening to Establish Risk in a Domestic Violence Setting (WISER-DV): a computerized, gender-specific, HIV screening instrument and risk reduction intervention for women at risk for or experiencing violence.