Condom Advertising and AIDS. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.

This document present witnesses' testimonies from the Congressional hearing called to examine condom advertising and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Opening statements are included by Congressmen Henry Waxman, William Dannemeyer, and Jim Bates. C. Everett Koop, United States Surgeon General, and Gary Noble, AIDS coordinator for the Public Health Service, discuss the use of condoms in reducing the spread of AIDS, cite research testing condom effectiveness, and advocate condom advertising on television. June E. Osborn, dean of the School of Public Health, University of Michigan, describes condom usage as one of the few effective means available to prevent viral transmission and supports condom advertisements on television. Also testifying are representatives of the three national television networks: (1) Ralph Daniels, National Broadcasting Company; (2) George Dessart, Columbia Broadcasting System; and (3) Alfred R. Schneider, American Broadcasting Company. These witnesses describe efforts their companies have taken in AIDS education through programming and public service announcements and explain the problems associated with paid advertising of condoms. Theresa L. Crenshaw, president of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, and Michael J. Rosenberg, executive director of the American Social Health Association, give their views on condom effectiveness, condom advertising, and the need for public education about AIDS. Materials submitted for the record are included as are question and answer dialogues between committee members and witnesses. (NB)