Deck 14: Aids and Society: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior

Question 1

Do you think in other countries, there is at least an equal amount of fraud and corruption as found in America with regard to the allocation and spending of HIV/AIDS dollars donated for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS? Support your opinions with examples. How would you propose to significantly reduce monetary waste and corruption?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Name three major sources of information that contributed to the early panic and hysteria about the spread of AIDS.

Answer 2

Newspapers, TV, radio, magazines, etc.

Question 3

Give three examples of unfounded public reactions to AIDS infection.

Answer 3

Barring children from public schools, police wearing rubber gloves during arrests, not going to a restaurant because someone who works there has AIDS, firing AIDS employees, etc.

Question 4

Fear of the casual transmission of AIDS parallels what other earlier STD epidemic?

Question 5

What evidence is there that it is difficult to get people to change their behavior even though they know it is harmful to their well-being?

Question 6

What is the major thrust of AIDS education in the United States?

Question 7

If education is the key to preventing HIV infection and new cases of AIDS, and most people interviewed say they have been educated, why is it not working?

Question 8

Why are today's young adults in danger of contracting and spreading HIV?

Question 9

Yes or No: Do physicians have a right to refuse to treat AIDS patients? Support your answer.

Question 10

Do patients have a right to know if their physician is HIV infected or has AIDS?

Question 11

What is the primary means of offsetting the bias toward people with AIDS in the workplace?

Question 12

Who is the current secretary of the United Nations? How much money is needed to fight AIDS globally each year?

Question 13

About how much money was pledged to the Global AIDS Fund in 2011?

Question 14

Compared with the money the federal government spends on research and treatment to combat other health and medical problems such as heart disease and cancer, do you think federal spending on AIDS research and treatment is too high, too low, or about right? Support your choice with credible evidence.

Question 15

About how many billions of dollars has the federal government spent on HIV/AIDS between 2005 and 2012?

Question 16

The federal 2012 budget for HIV/AIDS allocated $_____ for prevention. This is ____% of the HIV/AIDS budget for 2012.