STD Press Release

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For Immediate Release
KILL DATE: May 31, 2009

Contact: Justin Riray
San Jose State Journalism Student
925-818-8936

SJSU HEALTH SERVICES - STD PREVENTION PROGRAM

SAN JOSE, Calif. (April 20, 2009) - San Jose State University is expanding testing hours for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Health service director, Ellen Jones, said the college is launching an aggressive information program about STDs and how to prevent their spread.

The program includes lectures in the dorms by health service personnel, an hour-long movie available to professors to show in class, and the distribution of pamphlets about STDs and their symptoms.

According to the health service report, the number of STDs reported in the four years prior to the latest results was 20.

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The on-campus report, so far this year, has 50 reported cases near the end of the fall ‘08 semester and could reach 100 by the end of the school year.

The latest university health service report discussed STDs: genital herpes, body lice, venereal diseases, and Chlamydia, which is a bacterial parasite that usually produces no symptoms but can lead to sterilization in women if left untreated.

Jones said: “There are some students on this campus who didn’t even know the [names] of their sexual partners.”

The university is doing its best to keep students safe; do your part by being checked regularly.

STD tests on campus are free of charge and the results are confidential.

According to the report, City College, in San Jose, has recorded 100 STD cases on campus since the beginning of its school year.

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Fact Sheet

Contact: Justin Riray
San Jose State Journalism Student
925-818-8936


What: Prevention of an STD breakout

Where: San Jose State University and City College

When: 2008 to 2009 school year

Who: College students attending the two schools

Why: To keep students safe and prevent the spread of STDs, especially on campus.

How: Information program on STDs and their prevention.