Question

This is an Epidimiology question!!! from the movie And the Band Played On

10. What, if any, is the responsibility and duty of health departments in disseminating the findings of scientific studies being carried out?

11. Mention the names used to identify the disease. Of what way This contributed to promoting discrimination and homophobia towards community homosexual?

Answer 1

10. Dissemination is the planned process of conveying the research findings to the target audience through appropriate and convenient methods. Health and public department requires dissemination and implementation of the modern science findings to transfer the knowledge into practice. Dissemination of the scientific studies can be done through academic institution, non-govermental organizations and health departments. There are designated contact person with the title of press officer or health officer and sometimes with similar titles. These individuals will help in disseminating their results to the general public.

After careful examination by different hierarchy officers, the information will be releases as a press release to make general public aware of the information. If the information is vital then it will be displayed in the major news channels, newspapers and in government gazettes.

1.Social media

2. Policy briefs or issues of information in an abbreviated format.

3. One –on one meeting.

4. Workshops and Seminars.

11. Other Names of AIDS are HIV infection, HIV disease, and sexually transmitted disease (STD).

Homosexual community are criticized for the wide spread of AIDS through out the world. Many People have died because of this uncontrollable and pandemic virus. Till Date, there is no vaccine nor medicine to cure this disease. It was also believed that AIDS entered human body because of sexual intercourse with the Apes. Later AIDS spread among the men and started to spread across the world. Africa was the first continent to experience the true face of AIDS. Since there was no proper investigation about this disease and due to the lack of dissemination of the research finding to the world, AIDS has killed 32 million lives across the world and around 38 million people are living infected with this deadly virus.