AIDS and Behavior: The Need for Education. The Surgeon General's Report: Presented at the Conference on AIDS and Public Policy Sponsored by the American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois

AIDS and Behavior: The Need for Education. The Surgeon General's Report: Presented at the Conference on AIDS and Public Policy Sponsored by the American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois

Contributor(s):
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Publication:
Produced: 21 April 1987
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Health Education
Primary Prevention
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Abstract:
Koop insisted that without a vaccine or a cure against AIDS, educating the public about the course, transmission--including sexual transmission--and effects of the disease, and about how to protect oneself from infection through changes in personal behavior, was the only means of slowing down the spread of the epidemic. Koop insisted that the public health goal of containing AIDS was paramount, and that moral, religious, or political strictures against the use of sexually explicit language and information by government agencies had to be set aside in the name of the public good.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
24 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X93 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBBGN
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X93
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)