Charlie Sheen's 2015 HIV Disclosure Spiked Use of Home Test Kits
THURSDAY, May 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Soon after actor Charlie Sheen revealed his HIV-positive status back in late 2015, rates of at-home testing for the virus shot up to record levels, a new report shows. The study follows on 2016 research that found the the Internet was abuzz with...
Charlie Sheen's HIV Revelation Helped With Awareness
When Charlie Sheen first announced that he was HIV-positive on the "Today Show" it was big news. Worldwide, there were 36.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS in 2015--the year Sheen made his announcement. But one epidemiologist notes that Sheen's disclosure may have had a hugely positive effect on HIV awareness....
Issledovanie: VICh u Charli Shina povysil spros na ekspress-testy
17 noiabria 2015 goda amerikanskii akter Charli Shin soobshchil na teleshou, chto u nego byl obnaruzhen VICh. Gruppa uchenykh vo glave s professorom Dzhonom Aiersom iz Vysshei shkoly obshchestvennogo zdravookhraneniia Universiteta shtata San-Diego zadalas' voprosom: kak podobnye publichnye zaiavleniia so storony znamenitostei mogut povliiat' na otnoshenie k sobstvennomu zdorov'iu u...
More Evidence That Charlie Sheen's 2015 HIV Announcement Saved Lives
To a certain approximation, awareness is overrated: That is, as a general rule, educating people about problems in the world is unlikely to nudge their behavior or their views all that significantly. But there are exceptions to that rule, and one of the more interesting classes of exceptions occurs when...
Study: Charlie Sheen inspired people to get tested for HIV
Researchers at San Diego State University have published a study showing Sheen's TV appearance sparked an uptick with rates of people getting at-home HIV tests - reaching a record high. Pictured: last month Charlie Sheen saved lives by revealing that he is HIV positive, a study claims. On November 17,...
The 'Charlie Sheen Effect': Surge Seen in HIV Test Sales
Actor Charlie Sheen's disclosure that he is HIV positive appears to have had a striking effect on sales of home HIV testing kits, a new study suggests. Researchers found that, after Sheen announced he had HIV on Nov. 17, 2015, sales of home HIV testing kits doubled in the United...
HIV Testing and Charlie Sheen
Researchers are studying the effect of the actors public announcement to see if it can be duplicated in other cases. Share on Pinterest When actor Charlie Sheen announced his HIV-positive status on NBCs Today Show, the world listened in stunned silence. Scientists are now investigating the influence of his disclosure...
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