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Wednesday’s Get Yourself Tested
Resource Fair at the University of Arizona provided students with information
regarding safe sex and STDs, and free testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea was
offered through the Pima County Health Department (PCHD).
“You can’t tell just by looking at
someone if they have an STD,” said Campus Health educator and fair coordinator
Carolyn Hardesty. “The only way to know is to get tested. We just want to bring
awareness to the importance of getting tested.”
The Pima County Mobile Clinic was on
hand to receive urine samples and contact information for results follow-up
from students. “We really support teens and young adults in getting tested and
treated if they have STDs,” said PCHD Director of Family Planning Dr. Shauna
McIsaac
In addition to receiving condoms and
personal lubricant, students had access to a quiz on STDs. “I learned that one
in two sexually active people will have gotten an STD by the age of 25,” said
freshman Ashley Miranda. “If people don’t know these things, they won’t get
tested; but if they do, then they will, so it’s safer for everybody.”
“I feel this event is important
because a lot of people are scared to get tested or ask their parents for money
to get tested,” said freshman Emily Edlund.
In addition to PCHD, fair
participants included the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation and Planned
Parenthood.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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