Science Café 360° Presents: “Sex in the City: Strategies for Safer and Healthier Behaviors for At-Risk Youth”
Date and Time
Mar 18, 2015 6:00 pm
Location
450K
450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001
Mar 18, 2015 6:00 pm
450K
Join Dr. Goulda Downer of Howard University College of Medicine as she discusses her research on risk behaviors of youth relating to HIV/STD prevention. Dr. Downer will be joined by representatives from the Mautner Project and Metro TeenAIDS of Whitman Walker Health for a panel discussion about the availability, accessibility, and acceptability of sexual health services in the District of Columbia.
Science Café 360° is a casual space for open dialogue between community members, medical researchers, and social scientists. Researchers demystify what they do, how they do it, and why they think it will help local residents.
Many young people engage in risky sexual behaviors. These actions can result in harmful health outcomes. Sexual risk behaviors can place youth at risk of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as well as unintended pregnancy. While anyone can become infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), research validates that young people, and in particular gay and bisexual men are at greatest risk for HIV. Environmental, social and cultural factors contribute to disparities in sexual health. Through research we are learning about the most successful individual, group, and community approaches for STD/HIV prevention.
The event is free but registration is required. Click here to Register.
Science Café 360° is an on-going series of events to provide a casual space for researchers to connect with District communities, and for the public to provide their perspective on medical research. All Science Cafés are devoted to pressing local community health needs. Previous Science Cafés focused on sickle cell disease, sleep and stress, and obesity.
Science Café 360° is an initiative involving four major DC health systems. It is supported by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute-Children’s National, a partnership between Children’s National Health System and The George Washington University, and the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science.
These partnerships, part of a national consortium funded by the National Institutes of Health, are designed to strengthen and support the entire spectrum of translational research, ranging from scientific discovery to improved patient care.
