AIDS on Campus: A Survey of College Health Service Priorities and Policies

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Health service departments from 47 Philadelphia area colleges were surveyed concerning (1) their judgment of how campus AIDS programs should ideally be run, and (2) their institution's current activities related to the AIDS situation. In evaluating where to disseminate information, respondents expressed a clear preference for providing AIDS education to on-campus groups (students, faculty, staff, administration) over those less centrally related to the campus (e.g., trustees, alumni). Respondents also expressed strong approval for providing special on-campus counseling for “risk groups” but preferred to refer individuals off campus for medical testing. There were interesting discrepancies between respondents' conceptualization of an ideal AIDS program and what had actually occurred on these campuses to date. Approximately two-thirds of these institutions had received professional AIDS-related guidelines, established a campus AIDS task force, purchased and/or distributed brochures to the campus community, and expressed interest in joining an AIDS coalition. However, only one-third of the institutions had actually adjusted their counseling services, and even fewer had budgeted funds for the training of existing personnel. The implications of these discrepancies are discussed.

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