Address Presented to the Joint Session on AIDS of the California Legislature, Sacramento, California

Address Presented to the Joint Session on AIDS of the California Legislature, Sacramento, California

Contributor(s):
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Publication:
Produced: 5 March 1987
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Health Services Accessibility
Government Programs
Health Education
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Disease Notification
Social Values
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Abstract:
Because Koop was the only prominent federal official to address the AIDS epidemic during the 1980s, it fell to him to educate the American public, including state politicians, on the nature, transmission, and effects of the disease. In order to give Americans the knowledge they needed to protect themselves from infection, Koop dispensed explicit sexual information--including on the use of condoms--that often offended the sensibilities of religious and political conservatives, but that nevertheless was instrumental in helping to slow the rate of new AIDS infections by the early 1990s.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
26 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X88 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBBGH
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X88
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)