HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture 22: Mobilization
3 Apr 2018
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In 1981 centre for disease control and prevention report. Activists benefit the cause in three ways. Templates (3) for the grass roots movement. Rare form of pneumonia and cancer discovered. By the end of 1982, 600 people had died. Essentially none considered a gay disease. They refuse a role of compliance and subservience. Arose out of the intersection of the health crisis and the struggle against oppression. Health from below a grass roots movement. Health not just biomedical/physiological condition but a social, political and economic , cultural, ethnic, racial and gender issue. Political mobilization begins 1983 at the second national aids forum in denver. Struggle for self determination and control over their bodies. Need to address the stigma and social inequities. Give aids a human face and challenge the stigma replacing the stigma with support, contact and compassion. Explain they need psychological help on an ongoing basis without fail. Information sharing amongst people with aids was imperative.
