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A monthly publication tarqeted to keeping schools informed
by presenting the current issues, identifying nationalresources,
and disseminating information about programs to combat AIDS.
Vol. i , No. 4 December 1987 ,
AIDS Statistics. . l GeorgiaP()licy Statement on AIDS.
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AIDS Information Update. . 2 Adolescents and Homosexuality . . ·
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AIDS on· the College Campus. . 2 Decrease in Drug Treament Caùses
Surgeon General Take¡:¡Different Approach. .. 3 Increase in AIDS . .. 6
Teaching AlPS: A Resource Guide an Fear of AIDS Curtails Travel.
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. . . 3 AID~, Drug Abuse & VeneraI Disease. .. · · 6
Handicapped Children and AIDS . 3 Workshop .. . · . · 7
Controversial Amendment to Appropriations U ..S. AIDS Guide
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Bill . . . . . 4 Resource Guide. . S
The Cost of AIDS. . . . . 4 Employment.
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Twenty-five percent
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AIDS STATISTICS
of AIDS patients in the United States have a history of
Heterosexuals repres~nt approximately4 percent of reported AIDS cases in
the United States. About 70 percent of these people are intravenous drug
users.
Of about 20,000 hemophiliacs in the U.S. whq were at risk of exposure to the
AIDS virus from blood transfusions prior to 1985, approximately 70 percent
are infected with the AIDS virus. To date, 331 have develbped AIDS.
Military screening for AIDS yields a variety of information .. There seems to
be no trend in the percentage of recruits who are infected with the AIDS
virus. The prevalence of infection among black male recruits is five times
greater than among white male recruits. The incidence of infection in male
recruits is three times that of females. Older male recruits are more
likely to be infected than recruits under 21.
A study of homosexual and bisexual men in San Francisco initiated in 1978
has yielded an estimate that 70 percent of th~se men are now infected with
the AIDS virus, and that about 10percent now have AIDS. Another stuÇlyof a
similar group of men has led to predictions that among homosexual and bisexual
men infected with the AIDS virus, 15 percent will develop AIDS within
5 years of infection, 24 percent after 6 years and 36 percent after 6-1/2
years, illustrating' that the risk of developing AIDS from the AIDS virus
increases with the passage of time. Source: Science, June 12, 1987.
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FREE BROCHURE
"Teens and AIDS: Playing It Safe" is a IO-page color brochure published by
the American Council of Life Insurance and Health Insurance Association of
America. It provides easy-to-read, pictorial, and factual information.to
teenagers on the topic of AIDS: To obtain a free copy, send a selfaddressed
22 cent postage paid· envelope to: National Professional
Resources, Inc., P.O. Box 1479, Port Chester, NY 10573.
Published by National Professional Resources, Inc.
P.O. Bol' 1479, Port Chester, NY 10573
Tel: 914-937-8879'
Editor: Robert Hanson, Ed.D.
Associate Editor: Paul Irvine, Ph.D.
Contributing Editor: Margaret Pinsker, M.S., N:C.C.
Published Sept embe r+Juna (lo issues) $68
ISSN 0895-8882
Special Net User Name: NYN.P.R. Inc.
Copyright 1987
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