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Public Health Campaign (TB/Germ theory (Thomas Edison films (Temple of…
Public Health Campaign
TB/Germ theory
Thomas Edison films
Temple of Moloch
film that advertised germ theory, showed that anybody can contract disease. Used to be idea that contracting disease had a moral component as being filthy or impoverished, but film emphasized germ theory
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Train ads about not spitting, passing out cups,
Summary: Public health found it hard to translate new scientific advances to public, especially with enemy that cannot be seen or smelt
Children put on health plays & pageants, recruited for TB "crusades", where they earned badges for the # of TB stamps they sold (wore white KKK-like outfits, depicted as fighting the "black dragon" of TB)
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AIDS/HIV
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ACT-UP
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Silence = death, upside pink triangle used to identify homosexuals in Nazi camps
Venereal Diseases
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Plain Words about Venereal Diseases - Surgeon General Parran - advocated for police to crackdown on prostitutes
Overall:
blur between education and entertainment, public health needed easy way to communicate science info - especially in germ theory