They've been hit. With AIDS, too [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

They've been hit. With AIDS, too [inscribed]

Date

1999

Place of Origin

New York (State)

Publisher

New York (State). $b Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
New York (State). Dept. of Health

Language

English

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

Additional poster text: Professional models.
Poster shows five black-and-white photographs of women at different ages and of different races. All women look sad, scared or worried. One of the women is crying. Three others have bruises on their faces. Two of the women hold their kids and look worried probably about the children and their future. Also poster provides telephone number, where abused and infected women can get help.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item US084.

Physical Description

Condition note

Additional poster text: A partner who hits you may insist on having unprotected sex with you. If he has had sex with someone else or if he has shot drugs, he might be putting you at risk for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS; Get help. Call 1-800-942-6906 (English), 1-800-942-6908 (Spanish), 24 hours, 7 days a week, New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and New York State Department of Health.

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

United States

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Women
Violence
Hotlines (Communication)--United States
Victims
Children
HIV infections--Prevention
Counseling
Crying
Faces
Worry
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
AIDS (Disease)--Transmission
HIV infections--Transmission
HIV-positive women -- Services for
HIV Infections--transmission
AIDS (Disease)--Risk factors
AIDS (Disease) in women
Sadness
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--transmission
Fear
HIV Infections--prevention & control
Abused women