KILL DATE: 10/12/12
Contact: Leeta-Rose Ballester
Public Information Specialist
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SAN JOSE STATE WORKS TO COMBAT RISE OF STDs
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Oct. 09, 2012) - San Jose State University is launching an aggressive informational program to take on a rise in sexually transmitted diseases on campus.
A health services report shows that 50 cases of STDs have been diagnosed on campus so far this year, compared to five during all of last school year.
Ellen Jones, health service director, said the university is providing professors with an informational movie to show in class.
The school's efforts also include lectures in the dorms by health service personnel and the distribution of pamphlets about STDs.
The school is expanding STD testing hours, as well.
Students can access free, confidential testing on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Jones said it seems that students find it "easier to have sex with people than to talk about having sex."
She also said that some of the students did not know the names of their partners.
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