7A Test the Hypothesis

Sexually transmitted disease prevention on campus

The opportunity:

·      Increase in sexually transmitted diseases on college campuses

o   The who: sexually active college students

o   The what: the increase in sexually transmitted diseases

o   The why: People being inhibited by drugs or alcohol to make clear and safe decisions about sex

The Who: Testing College students who frequent parties, clubs or bars. Although not all people who contract sexually transmitted diseases frequent these establishments. The “who” isn’t limited to any one gender or anyone kind of sexuality. Although I believe that older college students who frequent bars and parties will have a higher STD rate.

Interview 1-

This young man had had an STD himself and says he got it when he was heavily partying in college. He also knew other guys in the gay community who have also gotten an STD, and he says that it's common to contract an STD because the pool of sexual partners is smaller for gay males.

Interview 2-

This young female has not known anyone with an STD, but she says she would guess that fraternity and sorority member would have higher STD rates due to the high rates of alcohol and drug consumption

Interview 3-

She had gotten an STD when she was home on break from college, she is not a very active partier but was at a party when she contracted the STD. She said that she expected frats and sororities to have the highest rate of STDs because of home much they go out and drink

Interview 4-

This grown male has known several people that have contracted STD’s, and he told me that they were all his old college buddies but since he’s graduated he hasn’t known anyone to get an STD. He says that one he graduated college and left the heavy partying behind he started using safer sexual habits

Interview 5-

The last young female that I interviewed was a high schooler, and she hasn’t heard of any of her friends or even any rumors about people with STD’s in her school. She believes that once her fellow classmates gain more freedom the amount of unsafe sex will increase and that she expects to hear about more STD’s.

Summary:

I did not expect my interviewees to known as many people who have had STD’s as they did. It has opened my eyes to shear number of unsafe sexual encounters that actually happen at college. As expected most of the people that had STD’s were at some kind of party or alcohol was present.