Conference
on Illicit Drug Use and HIV Risk Among Older Adults: Implications for
Intervention and Prevention, sponsored by The Columbia University School of
Social Work (CUSSW) and Center for Intervention and Prevention Research on HIV
and Drug Abuse (CIPRHDA)
Day 1 - Friday, March
7th, 2003
9:00
am Registration
9:30-9:45
am Welcome
Welcome
to Columbia University School of Social Work
Dean Jeanette Takamura, Ph.D., Columbia University School of
Social Work
Overview of Conference and Logistics
Tazuko Shibusawa, Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work
9:45-11:00
am
Keynote Presentation
Overview of Current HIV Prevention Research: Implications for Older
Adults
Judith Auerbach, Ph.D., Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of
Health
11:00-12:30
pm
Panel I: Illicit Drug Use, Health, and Aging
Discussant: Denise Burnette, Ph.D. Columbia University School of
Social Work
Menopause and Midlife Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment
Ellen Tuchman, Ph.D., Montefiore Medical Center
HIV Infection, Risk, and Survival: Results of a 13-year Follow-up of Injection
Drug Users in Philadelphia
David Metzger, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
12:30-1:30
pm Lunch
1:30-3:00
pm Panel II: Aging,
Sexuality, and HIV Risk
Discussant: Judith Levy, Ph.D., University of Chicago,
Illinois
Overview of Sexual Behaviors of Midlife & Older Women: Implications
for HIV Risks
Diane Zablotsky, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Sex and Drug-related HIV Risk Among Minority Older MSM
Judith Levy, Ph.D., University of Illinois
HIV Risks and Serpositivity among Aging Sex Workers in Miami Florida
James Inciardi, Ph.D., University of Delaware
Hilary L. Surratt, M.A., M.Phil., University of
Delaware
3:00-4:30
pm Panel
III: Intersecting Problems Among Women, Drugs, HIV, and Violence
Discussant: Claire Sterk, Ph.D., Emory University
Age and Risk Differences
Among African American Crack Using Women and
Intervention Effects
Wendee Wechsberg, Ph.D., Research Triangle Institute
Relationship Between Partner
Violence, HIV and Drug Abuse Among Women on Methadone:
Implications for Intervention and Prevention
Nabila El-Bassel, D.S.W., Columbia University School of Social Work
5:00-6:30
pm Reception
(Hosted by CUSSW Alumni Association)
Barbara Berkman, Ph.D., National Director, Hartford Geriatric Social Work
Faculty Scholars Program; Professor, CUSSW
MaryEllen Bigham, CSW, President, CUSSW Alumni Association
Day
2 - Saturday, March 8th, 2003
9:00
am
Registration
9:30-10:00
am Keynote
Presentation
Trajectories of Illicit Drug Use and Implications for Aging
David Vlahov, Ph.D., New York Academy of Medicine
10:00-11:30
am
Panel IV: Social Networks, Illicit Drug Use and HIV Risk
Discussant: TBA
HIV Risk in Older Drug Users: Social Setting, Social Influence and Social
Networks
Jean
Schensul, Ph.D., Institute for Community Research
Social Networks, Social Norms, Other-Directed
Protective Action, and HIV Risk
Among IDUs and Their Peers
Sam
Friedman, Ph.D., National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
11:30-1:00
pm
Panel V: Best Practices for Intervention and Prevention
Discussant: TBA
Age, Drugs, and AIDS: Challenges in HIV Interventions for Older Users
Claire Sterk, Ph.D., Emory University
Theoretical Models of Risk Behavior Change:
Application to HIV Prevention among
Substance-Using Older Adults
Doug
Longshore, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
Recreational Drug Use and
HIV Risk Across the Life Course of Men who have Sex with Men:
Findings from the Urban Men's Health Study
Ron Stall,
Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1:00-2:00
pm
Lunch
2:00-3:30
pm
Panel VI: Setting a Research Agenda: Policy and Service Implications
Discussant:
TBA
Research and Prevention
Directions for the Future
Judith Levy, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Directions for Services for HIV, Drug Use and Aging
Jerry
Flanzer, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of
Health
Identifying Gaps for Knowledge Development
Sherry
Deren, Ph.D., National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.