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Peer reviewedKeeling, Richard P. – Science, Technology, & Human Values, 1987
Discusses the importance of education as the primary response of higher education to the epidemic associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Focuses on the personal, social and institutional issues that bear on AIDS education on college campuses and the important features of AIDS education programs. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, College Science, Disease Control, Disease Incidence
Peer reviewedIssues in Science and Technology, 1987
Contains excerpts from a special study on the AIDS epidemic by the Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences. Presents an overview of the problem, outlines educational needs and public health measures, and identifies future research needs. (ML)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Diseases, Health Education, Public Health
Peer reviewedBloom, David E.; Carliner, Geoffrey – Science, 1988
Claims that the lifetime cost of medicare per acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient will not exceed $80,000, an amount similar to the cost of treating other serious illnesses. Argues that the total projected costs for treating AIDS patients between 1981 and 1991 will not exceed $22 billion. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Cost Estimates, Costs, Disease Control
Peer reviewedDickens, Bernard M. – Science, 1988
Provides an overview of some major areas of legal concern in which the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic is having an impact. Reviews rights of confidentiality and nondiscrimination regarding access to health care, employment, housing, education, and insurance. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Compliance (Legal), Discriminatory Legislation, Disease Control
Peer reviewedFineberg, Harvey V. – Science, 1988
Discusses a number of obstacles that limit effective education for reducing the incidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States. Includes behaviors that must be changed, disagreement about the propriety of educational messages to prevent AIDS, and uncertainty as to some of the dual messages of reassurance being…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Disease Control, Drug Education
Peer reviewedFauci, Anthony S. – Science, 1988
Discusses how the infection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) results in a profound immunosuppression due predominantly to a selective depletion of helper/inducer T lymphocytes that express the receptor for the virus, as well as neuropsychiatric abnormalities in the brain. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Epidemiology, Health Education
Peer reviewedPiot, Peter; And Others – Science, 1988
Discusses some of the worldwide problems associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Calls for programs for the prevention and control of AIDS as an immediate priority in all countries. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Peer reviewedCurran, James W.; And Others – Science, 1988
Reports that by the end of 1987, nearly 50,000 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) had been reported in the United States since 1981, with 20,745 in 1987 alone. Discusses the disordinate proportion of cases involving black and Hispanic adults and children. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Blacks, Disease Control, Drug Abuse
Peer reviewedPrice, Richard W.; And Others – Science, 1988
Discusses the complicated infection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in its late stages of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) dementia complex. Explains the syndrome's development of abnormalities in cognition, motor performance, and behavior. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Change, Cognitive Structures, Disease Control
Peer reviewedWalters, LeRoy – Science, 1988
Poses questions about how we can control the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic and the harm that it causes without unjustly discriminating against particular social groups and without unnecessarily infringing on the freedom of individuals. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Civil Rights, Discriminatory Legislation, Disease Control
Person, Mark A. – 1987
This study was conducted to identify information about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) that educators should know to effectively teach about the disease in the classroom. The references identified were divided into seven major categories: (1) current scientific research concerned with the virus that causes AIDS; (2) the effects of the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Disease Control, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
