The Federal Response to the AIDS Epidemic: Information and Public Education : Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, March 16, 1987, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - 313 pages |
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ADAMHA AIDS information AIDS virus antibody antibody testing areas Association bisexual blood campaign channels clinics condoms CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contract Contractor COORDINATE curriculum develop dissemination distributed DOWDLE drug abusers drug users education about AIDS education efforts education programs effective epidemic Federal Government fiscal focus FRASER funding health departments hemophiliacs heterosexual high risk Hispanic HIV infection Hotline HRSA human T-lymphotropic virus increased risk information and education information/education intravenous drug Koop LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS major mass media messages million minority MMWR needle sharing NIDA ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL outreach percent population problem professional projects Public Health Service radio recommendations response risk behaviors risk of infection risk reduction safe sex seropositive sex partners sexual activity sexually transmitted diseases specific spread target audience target groups tion transmission voluntary WEISS Whitman-Walker Clinic WINDOM York City youth
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Page 260 - Service, which includes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration; the Centers for Disease Control; the Food and Drug Administration; the Health Resources and Services Administration; and the National Institutes of Health.
Page 259 - Any health information developed by the Federal Government that will be used for education should encourage responsible sexual behavior— based on fidelity, commitment, and maturity, placing sexuality within the context of marriage. Any health information provided by the Federal Government that might be used in schools should teach that children should not engage in sex and should be used with the consent and involvement of parents.
Page 1 - McMillan, minority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations. OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN WEISS Mr. WEISS. Good morning. The Human Resources and Intergov-ernmental Relations Subcommittee is now in session.
Page 32 - ... may have been exposed to the AIDS virus. Since then, safeguards have been put in place to make the blood supply safer; the alternate test sites have become counseling and testing programs; and AIDS health education/risk reduction (HE/RR) programs are in place across the Nation. The report of the PHS meeting in Coolfont, West Virginia, last June and the Surgeon General's Report on AIDS that was issued in October together mark the beginning of a more intense phase in our information and education...
Page 100 - If all of you will please stand and raise your right hand. Do you affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Page 25 - ... our information and education efforts. The American public has learned a great deal about how they can protect themselves and others from AIDS. CDC has coordinated the development of the "Information/Education Plan to Prevent and Control AIDS in the United States." This is a comprehensive PHS - 3 Plan for informing and educating the American people about AIDS. The Plan specifies the audiences to be addressed, the basic elements of AIDS Information and education, and the outline of strategies...
Page 106 - IV drug abusers have been, and will likely continue to be, the major source of the spread of HIV infection to women and children in New York City. Of the 932 women...
Page 258 - President in 1987: Despite intensive research efforts, prevention is the only effective AIDS control strategy at present. Thus, there should be an aggressive Federal effort in AIDS education. The scope and content of the school portion of this AIDS education effort should be locally determined and should be consistent with parental values. The Federal role should focus on developing and conveying accurate health information on AIDS to the educators and others, not mandating a specific school curriculum...
Page 106 - City for men 25 to 44 years of age, and for women aged 25 to 29.' Half a million people in New York City are estimated to be infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) today. Homosexual and bisexual men make up the largest percentage of cases, though the proportion of AIDS cases among this group has fallen from 73...
Page 5 - The experts told us that AIDS education for high-risk groups and the general population should be pursued with a sense of urgency and a level of funding that is appropriate for a life-or-death situation. Moreover, to limit the spread of AIDS infection, education must start or be expanded immediately in all geographic areas, including those where there are as yet few cases. In particular, because the virus can be spread through unprotected heterosexual intercourse, the experts believe that clear and...