Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
public awareness, AIDS, United States
College
Life Sciences
Department
Health Science
Abstract
In 1980-81, five homosexual men in California were found to have a strain of pneumonia normally found only in the suppressed immune systems of the elderly. They were later diagnosed with the first cases of a rare and new disease known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). This event has brought about a greater awareness of the AIDS disease among the population of the United States, as evidenced in the results of the AIDS supplement sections of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) from 1987 to 1994. Using questions asked of a representative sample of the US population, our research determined the extent to which AIDS awareness has changed between 1987 and 1994.
Recommended Citation
Barlow-Miller, Kimberly and Merrill, Dr. Ray
(2013)
"A Look at the Changes in Public Awareness of AIDS in the United States from 1987-1994,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 1188.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1188