US Sexual Health Ranks Lower Than Last Year
The University of Minnesota isn’t as sex-savvy as it was last year, according to the results of Trojan condoms annual sexual health survey released Monday.The criteria used to compare schools included the cost of contraceptives, availability of HIV and STI testing and sexual awareness and assault programs.
The survey information was gathered by mail and phone interviews with each school’s student health center.Two categories new to this year’s survey were usefulness of sexual health websites hosted by schools and an opinion poll in which 9,000 students graded sexual health at their schools.
Jim Daniels, vice president of marketing for Trojan , said the goal of the survey was to create a dialogue about the sexual health services provided to college students.
Bert Sperling, president of Sperlings Best Places, the research firm that conducted the survey for Trojan, s aid the University fell behind in the rankings because of the addition of the two categories. Compared with the top schools, the University had slightly lower scores for website usefulness.
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