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Sexually transmitted disease service at U.S. colleges and universities.
Journal of American College Health 2005;53(5):211-217.
Koumans EH, Sternberg MR, Motamed C, Kohl K, Schillinger JA, Markowitz
LE.
Abstract
The authors' objectives in this study were to describe the proportion of schools
providing and the percentage of students with access to HIV and sexually
transmitted disease (STD) education, treatment, and prevention services at
2-year and 4-year US colleges and universities. The authors mailed self-administered
questionnaires to a stratified random sample (n = 910) of the 2,755 US schools
with an enrollment of more than 500 students; 736 (81%) returned the survey.
Four hundred seventy-four schools (60%) had a health center, representing
73% of students. Schools with a health center or housing for students were
more likely to provide STD education; 52% of the schools made condoms available
to students. Sixty percent of schools with health centers could test for
both Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, but only 67% of these
schools screened women for these infections. Although most schools provided
some prevention education, access to prevention, testing, and education should
be increased at schools where these services are possible but not available.