Don't Forget the Chapter on AIDS Don't Forget the Chapter on AIDS

Contributor(s): AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection Publication: AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, [ca. 1987] Language(s): English Format: Still image Subject(s): HIV Public Health Genre(s): Archival Materials Posters Slides (photographs) Abstract: This poster deftly targets parents by drawing on the iconic power of a Norman Rockwell painting--a symbol of American family values. The poster was created by the AIDS Action Committee, a community-based organization of volunteers established in 1983 that provides support services for people living with AIDS and HIV, educates the public and health professionals, and promotes fair and effective policy at the city, state, and federal levels. Appealing to a sense of parental responsibility, and evoking a sense of nostalgia for a pre-AIDS world, the poster suggests that parents have a duty to inform their children, however resistant they may be to the subjects of disease, sexuality, and death. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584655X83 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: VCBBGG Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X83 Archival Collection: Visual Culture and Health Posters (Profiles in Science)