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Preventive Care

In the African American community, there is a lack of education of preventive care...

08/24/2008

Health, Care And You

Preventive Care

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In the African American community, there is a lack of education of preventive care...

In the African American community, there is a lack of education of preventive care because of fear and mistrust of Doctors. In the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, African American men were used to see the long-term effects of not receiving a known cure for syphilis - penicillin. Once that study was made public, the fear and mistrust within the community took over, leaving more African American's...

08/24/2008

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Health, Care And You

Preventive Care

Clip: Special | 5m 36sVideo has Closed Captions

In the African American community, there is a lack of education of preventive care because of fear and mistrust of Doctors. In the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, African American men were used to see the long-term effects of not receiving a known cure for syphilis - penicillin. Once that study was made public, the fear and mistrust within the community took over, leaving more African American's...

08/24/2008

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