HIV/AIDS Panel Discussion (2012)
Louisiana: The State We're In

Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Panel
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2012-07-13
Duration: 00:18:34
Subjects: Filmed panel discussions | Whitfield, Rani G. | Health | AIDS (Disease) | HIV infections
Contributors:
- Whinham, Charlie Host
- Sanford, Shauna Host
- Crews, Keith Photographer
- Foster, Millicent Interviewee
- Legard, Ashante Interviewee
- Whitfield, Rani Panelist
- Bienvenu, Louise Panelist
- Johnson, A.J. Panelist
Description
This segment from the July 13, 2012, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford leading a panel discussion on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Louisiana. A background report on the topic, including interviews with HIV patient Millicent Foster and Ashante Legard of Family Service of Greater Baton Rouge, precedes the discussion. The panelists are: Dr. Rani Whitfield, a family medicine and sports physician; Louise Bienvenu of AIDS Law Louisiana; and Reverend A.J. Johnson, the founder of the Baton Rouge AIDS Society. They discuss: AIDS as a preventable disease; the need for education and public awareness of the epidemic; the work of the Baton Rouge AIDS Society and AIDS Law Louisiana; the high rate of HIV/AIDS in the African American community; discrimination cases; the Intentional Exposure Law; and the potential impact of the new at-home HIV/AIDs test.