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No reason not to know: take advantage of STD testing
The Traveler Editorial Board
Issue date: 9/8/08 Section: Opinion
But "a lot of people are caught up on not wanting to get tested because of embarrassment," said Kalani Holleman, a UA graduate student.
And we think she probably is right.
Walking into the Pat Walker Health Center for some STD testing might be a little awkward, but that the PWHC offers such an important and relatively cheap and convenient service to UA students is fortunate.
Furthermore, no one else in the world - besides PWHC officials and the person being tested - has to know anything.
Dottie Pope, a nurse practitioner at the PWHC, said she sees UA students getting tested for STDs almost every single week.
While it's unfortunate STDs aren't rare, it's a little comforting to know PWHC staff members are accustomed to working with students getting tested.
Whether they want to know or would rather be ignorant of their potential conditions, those who are sexually active have, at the very least, taken on the responsibility of informing their partners of whether they're infected with an STD.
While at the UA, these students must take advantage of the STD testing services offered; the benefits of knowledge certainly outweigh the possibility of any embarrassment.
And we think she probably is right.
Walking into the Pat Walker Health Center for some STD testing might be a little awkward, but that the PWHC offers such an important and relatively cheap and convenient service to UA students is fortunate.
Furthermore, no one else in the world - besides PWHC officials and the person being tested - has to know anything.
Dottie Pope, a nurse practitioner at the PWHC, said she sees UA students getting tested for STDs almost every single week.
While it's unfortunate STDs aren't rare, it's a little comforting to know PWHC staff members are accustomed to working with students getting tested.
Whether they want to know or would rather be ignorant of their potential conditions, those who are sexually active have, at the very least, taken on the responsibility of informing their partners of whether they're infected with an STD.
While at the UA, these students must take advantage of the STD testing services offered; the benefits of knowledge certainly outweigh the possibility of any embarrassment.
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