Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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HIV/AIDS policy document government document public health report

The Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a landmark 1986 U.S. public health document that provided clear, science-based information on HIV/AIDS to the American public and helped shape national awareness and policy during the early years of the epidemic.

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Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome canonical	2
1986 Surgeon General’s AIDS Report	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	HIV/AIDS policy document ⓘ government document ⓘ public health report ⓘ
addressesTopic	blood transfusion safety ⓘ intravenous drug use and HIV ⓘ modes of HIV transmission ⓘ prevention of HIV infection ⓘ public health education campaigns ⓘ sexual behavior and AIDS risk ⓘ stigma and discrimination related to AIDS ⓘ
aim	to guide national policy on HIV/AIDS ⓘ to provide clear science-based information on HIV/AIDS to the American public ⓘ to reduce fear and misinformation about AIDS ⓘ
associatedWith	Reagan administration ⓘ federal response to AIDS in the 1980s ⓘ
author	C. Everett Koop ⓘ
authorRole	Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ
characterizedAs	landmark public health document ⓘ
clarified	HIV is not spread by casual contact ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributedBy	Public Health Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. Public Health Service
emphasized	non-casual transmission of HIV ⓘ science-based information over moral judgment ⓘ the importance of sex education in AIDS prevention ⓘ use of condoms to reduce HIV transmission risk ⓘ
field	medicine ⓘ public health policy ⓘ
focusesOn	HIV/AIDS ⓘ surface form: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome human immunodeficiency virus ⓘ
historicalContext	early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States ⓘ
influenced	U.S. HIV/AIDS prevention policy ⓘ U.S. public awareness of HIV/AIDS ⓘ public discourse on sexuality and disease ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	direct discussion of sexual practices in an official U.S. government document ⓘ helping to normalize public discussion of AIDS ⓘ
publicationDecade	1980s ⓘ
publicationYear	1986 ⓘ
publisher	Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ surface form: Office of the Surgeon General of the United States
shortName	Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1986 Surgeon General’s AIDS Report
subject	HIV/AIDS ⓘ epidemiology ⓘ health education ⓘ public health ⓘ
targetAudience	general American public ⓘ health educators ⓘ policymakers ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	early HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States ⓘ
title	Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome self-link ⓘ

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C. Everett Koop → notableWork → Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ⓘ

Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome → title → Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome self-link ⓘ

Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome → shortName → Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1986 Surgeon General’s AIDS Report