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...Confidential means the results are written on your permanent medical record," says Tobias B. Kasper '97, former co-director of Peer Contraceptive Counselors (PCC), a member of the UHS task force on HIV policies and a volunteer at AIDS Action Committee in Boston...
...resolution sparked a meeting last February between UHS personnel and representatives from AEO and PCC. The task force created during that meeting issued a report on May 21 recommending that "...UHS establish and provide anonymous HIV testing and counseling services...
...major advantage to this proposal is that it eliminates the intimidation factor that is tied to the HIV test. According to members of AIDS Education and Outreach (AEO), Peer Contraceptive Counselors (PCC) and Contact, the current system may deter students who want and need HIV tests seeking them. Such students would like to receive an HIV test but fear having their names taken down--even for a supposedly confidential file. This possible intimidation is a serious problem. In this day and age, the need for more HIV testing is simply too important to be put at risk for no clear...
...students who suffer from intimidation have good reason to be fearful. According to PCC Co-Chair Kyoko Okamura '96, insurance companies can find out whether prospective clients have received HIV tests, even if the test results themselves are kept confidential...
Probably because of their use of Woodythe Wooden Penis and Patty the Plastic Pelvis intheir skits, PCC has one of the best knownoutreaches. PCC designs its outreach to provideimportant information about contraception tofirst-years who may not necessarily have it. Formany first-years, college is a time of sexualawakening and many do not know how contraceptivesare used or what contraceptives are there to beused. "It's important that [first-years] go intothis change of lifestyle well-equipped," MatthewB...