I see this model as being extremely viable at other universities. Jackson received her BS in biology from JU in 1989 and her doctorate in immunology and molecular pathology from the University of Florida in 1995. She has been on the JU faculty ever since. Her approach to the AIDS class is especially valuable because it challenges the commonly-held belief that causes students and others to avoid AIDS information and education the belief that the disease does not affect us. What we're trying to suggest is that, in a civic sense, it already has 'infected' you, maybe not biologically but in a variety of other ways.
Doctors wear gloves and masks, ask more personal questions.
The topic of AIDS may never come up but its presence is there. In economics, there are increases in insurance and health care costs. When AIDS patients can't work, they become economic burdens on society. It's also becoming more pervasive in the media and the arts. People with HIV are now active as a group politically.