PUBH 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Helms Amendment, Safe Sex, National Institutes Of Health
Document Summary
Hiv/aids: due to administration, a lot was suppressed or ignore because it did not align with the values. Power and inequalities shape vulnerability to hiv infection, and representation and decision-making processes affect resource allocation and policies. Train resources from developing countries (fogarty international center) Reduction in grants on new idea grants. No language specifies ban research on gun violence. Cdc"s funding for firearm injury prevention declined 96% since 1996. Eliminated of usaid"s global health security funding. Inserted in us public code in oct 1987 in reaction to gmhc"s safe sex comix. Prohibits use federal funds for any education materials that encourage homosexuality. 8 us states have laws that restrict or prohibit discussion of lgbt issues in the classroom. Proposed to withdraw funding for research on grants that discuss sexual behavior and its relationship to hiv/aids, mental health and drug abuse. Traditional value coalition: believed research should not be funded. Took away 2. 6 billion from cdc"s budget.
