Welcome to the registration site for Family Front and Centre: The Role of Families in Adapting to and Preventing HIV/AIDS.

The Ontario HIV Treatment Network and the Teresa Group, in partnership with the National Institute of Mental health, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the American Psychological Association, are proud to host this one-day event.  Featured speakers and concurrent sessions will explore how Canada  might adapt programs that have had success preventing HIV risk in children, youth and families in the United States

Speakers will include:

• Stan Read, Hospital for Sick Children - "The Epidemiology and Care of HIV in Children, Youth and Families in Canada"
• Wangari Tharao, Women's Health in Women's Hands - "The Intersection of Migration with HIV Risk in Vulnerable Populations and Their Families in Canada"
• Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, University of California, Los Angeles - "Overview of Interventions in HIV-Affected Families"
• Carl Bell, Community Mental Health Council of Chicago, Inc. and the University of Illinois, Chicago - "Adapting the CHAMP Family Program to Prevent HIV Risk in Children and Youth"
• Angela Paulino, Bronx Community Collaborative Board - "A Community Member Perspective on CHAMP"

Workshop sessions will include:

• Adapting the Eban HIV/STD Prevention Program for Serodiscordant African American Couples
• Adapting PATH (Parent/Preadolescent Training for HIV Preventions): A Program to Teach Parents to Be AIDS Educators
• Adapting Strategies for HIV Disclosure and Adherence to HAART in Families
• Adapting CHAMP to Strengthen Families and Communities
• Adapting the Mother-Son Health Promotion Project: Working with Families and Churches to Reduce Adolescent Risk for HIV
• Adapting Interventions to Address Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Youth Issues

Click here for a detailed agenda