Kara Rogers

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  Kara commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Science, Public Health, and Risky Sex

  This article brings up so many issues that are essential when working in public health. So many times I read an article and I am usually too thrilled that global health is in the mainstream news that I forget that not everyone reading has a public health background. The NYT article, although interesting, puts the general public at risk as it oversimplifies the method without exploring all possibilities and methods. Mainstream news needs to have either a series of articles or a collaboration of authors when writing sensitive health topics. That way the holistic view of the topic can be explored and discussed rather than giving just one small tidbit of information.

  
  

  I work in public health in Africa. There are huge campaigns encouraging male circumcision. The problem is that they think once they are circumcised they are no longer vulnerable to STIs. We need to be careful of how we present information and even if we find that some methods are working better, most of the time it is not going to work for the general population.  I agree data is data and should be shared but make it a discussion not the only truth.