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ARTICLE | February 19, 1992

Public Opinion and AIDS: Title and subTitle BreakLessons for the Second Decade FREE

Robert J. Blendon, ScD; Karen Donelan, EdM; Richard A. Knox, MS
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JAMA. 1992;267(7):981-986. doi:10.1001/jama.1992.03480070097039
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The Gallup Poll. October 1977. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
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The Gallup Poll. August 29—September 3, 1991. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
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Louis Harris and Associates. November 13-18. 1991. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
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The Gallup Organization/Times Mirror Publishing. The People, the Press and Politics . Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research; 1987;.
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NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Teeter and Hart. July 1990. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
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Downs A.  Up and down with ecology—the 'issue-attention cycle.' Public Interest . 1974;;4( (2) ):38-50.
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Brown M, Potosky A.  The presidential effect: the public health response to media coverage about Ronald Reagan's colon cancer episode. Public Opinion Q . (Fall) 1990;;54:317-329.
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Los Angeles Times . (November 21-24) , 1991;. Storrs, CT: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.

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1 +
Blendon RJ, Donelan K.  Discrimination against people with AIDS: the public's perspective. N Engl J Med . 1988;;319:1022-1026.
2 +
Adams PF, Hardy AM.  AIDS knowledge and attitudes for July-September 1990: provisional data from the National Health Interview Survey.  In: Advance Data From Vital and Health Statistics , No. 198. Hyattsville, Md: National Center for Health Statistics; 1991:1-12. Dept of Health and Human Services publication (PHS) 91-1250.
3 +
Louis Harris and Associates. The Harris Poll, April 21,1991. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
4 +
KRC Communications Research and the Boston Globe. National attitudes towards AIDS, June 1990.
5 +
Authors' review of data on nation's most important problem, as measured by the Gallup Organization, 1980-1991. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
6 +
The Gallup Poll. Gallup Polls News Service, May 15, 1991. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
7 +
 AIDS: America's most important health problem. Gallup Rep . January/February 1988; (No. (268/269) ).
8 +
ABC News/Washington Post . (June) 1983;. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
9 +
Media General/Associated Press. May 1989. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
10 +
The Gallup Poll. November 14-18, 1991. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
11 +
The Gallup Organization. October 1988. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
12 +
The Gallup Organization. November 1989. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
13 +
Dawson DA, Thornberry OT.  AIDS knowledge and attitudes for December 1987: provisional data from the National Health Interview Survey.  In: Advance Data From Vital and Health Statistics , No. 153. Hyattsville, Md: National Center for Health Statistics; 1988:1-12. Dept of Health and Human Services publication (PHS) 88-1250.
14 +
ABC News. June 1990. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
15 +
Louis Harris and Associates. September 1985. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
16 +
CBS/New York Times . (September) 1988;. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
17 +
Daniel Yankelovich Group. Public Attitudes Toward People With Mental Illness: A Report to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 1990;.
18 +
General Social Survey Trends Tape Marginals, 1972-1989 . Chicago, Ill: National Opinion Research Center; 1990;.
19 +
National Opinion Research Center. General Social Survey 1990. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
20 +
The Gallup Poll. October 1977. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
21 +
The Gallup Poll. August 29—September 3, 1991. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
22 +
Louis Harris and Associates. November 13-18. 1991. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
23 +
The Gallup Organization/Times Mirror Publishing. The People, the Press and Politics . Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research; 1987;.
24 +
NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Teeter and Hart. July 1990. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
25 +
Kane Parsons. January 1988. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
26 +
Audits and Surveys. August 1983. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
27 +
Gallup/Newsweek . (June) 1991;. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
28 +
CBS News/New York Times . (October) 1990;. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
29 +
Washington Post . (January) 1990;. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
30 +
Associated Press/Media General. May 1990. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
31 +
Princeton Survey Research Associates/Times Mirror . (May) 1990;. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
32 +
The Gallup Organization. January 1990. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
33 +
The Gallup Organization/Newsweek . (June) 1984;. Storrs, Conn: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
34 +
Slovic P.  Perception of risk. Science . 1987;;236:280-285.
35 +
Storr C.  Social benefit versus technological risk. Science . 1969;;165:1232-1238.
36 +
Slovic P, Fischoff B, Lichenstein S.  Facts and fears: understanding perceived risk.  In: Schuring RC, Albers WA Jr, eds. Societal Risk Assessment: How Safe Is Safe Enough? New York, NY: Peanum Press; 1980;:181-213.
37 +
Roger DE, Gillin BG.  AIDS and doctors: the real dangers. New York Times . (July 16) , 1991;:A19.
38 +
Boston Globe . (July 22) , 1991;. Baltimore, Md: Johns Hopkins Population Information Program and Population Services International.
39 +
Downs A.  Up and down with ecology—the 'issue-attention cycle.' Public Interest . 1974;;4( (2) ):38-50.
40 +
Brown M, Potosky A.  The presidential effect: the public health response to media coverage about Ronald Reagan's colon cancer episode. Public Opinion Q . (Fall) 1990;;54:317-329.
41 +
Los Angeles Times . (November 21-24) , 1991;. Storrs, CT: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.

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