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Organization Uses Different Approach to Increase Hepatitis Vaccine Awareness.(Brief Article)
2001 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis A virus can be transmitted easily between men having sex with men (MSM). Although public health programs have targeted this at-risk population with vaccine campaigns, the results have been less than desired.
A study presented at the 128(th) Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association describes how an organization in Atlanta, Georgia, called AID Atlanta used innovative approaches to reach MSM with information about hepatitis A virus (HAV).
AID Atlanta grew out of a need to provide awareness and assistance to the growing population of individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Atlanta. Researchers presented a description of their methods at the conference in a report titled "Trust Us, Yellow is Not Your Color: Drag Queens Respond to Hepatitis."
The organization enlisted the assistance of celebrities to spread the word about the availability of the vaccine, risk-factors associated with the vaccine, and how interested individuals could obtain it. The celebrities addressed the MSM in ...
- Organization Uses Different Approach to Increase Hepatitis Vaccine...
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- Press release article from: M2 Presswire October 5, 2005 700+ words
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- Neiman Marcus & Southern Accents Create Holiday Show House to Benefit AID...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 10, 1998 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) March 14, 1997 700+ words
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- CLAYTON STATE STUDENTS TO AID ATLANTA SOUP KITCHEN
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News November 12, 2009 700+ words
MORROW, Ga., Nov. 11 -- Clayton State University issued the following news release: As part of the month of November's for the Service Learning Series organized by the Clayton State University Department of Campus Life, Clayton State students will take a hands-on approach to addressing the issues
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- Magazine article from: Network World Messmer, Ellen November 14, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Ellen Messmer The Police Department of Atlanta, which makes 63,000 arrests per year, is getting a new kind of weapon to catch criminals: a workflow-based biometrics system that can scan palm prints in addition to fingerprints. "A lot of criminals will leave a palm print when they try to
- Retired Executive to Aid Atlanta-Based Energy Supplier's SEC Filing.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 5, 2002 700+ words
By Matthew C. Quinn, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 5--Mirant Corp., the struggling Atlanta-based energy supplier, has brought in the retired chief financial officer of its former parent company to help prepare a crucial Securities and Exchange Commission
- Local Business Donates Products to Aid Atlanta Clean-Up Efforts.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 24, 2004 700+ words
ROSWELL, Ga., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The SCOTT(R) Rags in a Box Business, based in Roswell, Ga., is donating more than 16,000 disposable towels to be used today in a community-wide effort to clean up Atlanta neighborhoods and in low-income housing restoration programs throughout the city.