The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972: Implications for HIV Education and AIDS Risk Education Programs in the Black Community

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dc.contributor.authorThomas, Stephen B
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, Sandra Crouse
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:09Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:09Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.description.abstractThe Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis in the Negro male is the longest nontherapeutic experiment on human beings in medical history. The strategies used to recruit and retain participants were quite similar to those being advocated for HIV/AIDS preention programs today. Almost 60 years after the study began, there remains a trail of distrust and suspicion that hampers HIV education efforts in Black communities. The AIDS epidemic has exposed the Tuskegee study as a histotical marker for legitimate discontent of Blacks with the public health system. The belief that AIDS is a form of genocide is rooted in a social context in which Black Americans, faced with persistent inequality, believe in conspiracy theories about Whites against Blacks. These theories range from the belief that the government promotes drug abuse in Black communities to the belief that HIV is a manmade weapon of racial warfare. An open and honest discussion of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study can facilitate the process of rebuilding trust between the Black community and public health authorities. This dialogue can contribute to the development of HIV education programs that are scientifically sound, culturally sensitive, and ethnically acceptable.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.81.11.1498
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/aupi-nr9s
dc.identifier.citationThomas, Stephen B and Quinn, Sandra Crouse (1991) The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972: Implications for HIV Education and AIDS Risk Education Programs in the Black Community. American Journal of Public Health, 81 (11). pp. 1498-1504.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 393
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22505
dc.subjectBioethics
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectHIV/Aids
dc.subjectoutreach
dc.subjectinterventions
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectTuskegee
dc.subjectTuskegee Syphilis Study
dc.subjectTuskegee Study
dc.subjectBlack
dc.subjectAfrican American
dc.subjectAIDS
dc.subjectHIV education
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectprograms
dc.subjectAIDS Risk Education Programs
dc.subjectBlack community
dc.subjectAfrican American community
dc.titleThe Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972: Implications for HIV Education and AIDS Risk Education Programs in the Black Community
dc.typeArticle

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