Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
A man who shoots up can be very giving he can give you and your baby AIDS.
Contributor (Organization):
National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Subject (Genre):
Posters
Subject (MeSH Term):
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome prevention & control
Subject (MeSH Term):
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome transmission
Subject (MeSH Term):
African Continental Ancestry Group
Subject (MeSH Term):
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Subject (MeSH Term):
Substance Abuse, Intravenous prevention & control
Publication Information:
[Rockville, Md.] : National Institute on Drug Abuse, [198-]
Publication Country:
United States
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A025153
Physical Description:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : b&w ; 56 x 43 cm.
Image Description:
White poster with black lettering. Title near top of poster. Visual image is a reproduction of a b&w photo of a pregnant woman of apparently African heritage. She is standing in profile, with her head turned to face the viewer. Lengthy caption appears below photo, stresses risk of transmitting AIDS to a baby and the importance of testing and drug treatment. Remaining text, including a phone number for treatment information, at bottom of poster. Poster also bears an address stamp from the Washington Area Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Most babies with AIDS are born to mothers who shot drugs or who sleep with men who have ....
Note (General):
"Stop shooting up AIDS. Get into drug treatment."
Note (General):
Similar to posters PP045531 and PP046364, which feature women of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. See also poster PP01084 for an unstamped copy.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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URL:
Call Number:
PP046363 map
Record UI:
101438745

A man who shoots up can be very giving he can give you and your baby AIDS.

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