STI testing seeks to promote awareness
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a planned free STI-testing event and its effort to make testing more accessible and confidential.
- The News-Letter reported that the event was scheduled for April 24 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Mattin Center courtyard, with testing for up to 50 students.
- The paper reported that Dr. Alain Joffe helped connect Ellie Bergren with the SGA and said he and Dean Susan Boswell would share the costs; each test cost $45.
- The article says students would receive information, sign consent forms and collect test kits at a table, then complete and return the self-tests in the Mattin Center.
- The reporter writes that test results were expected in seven to 10 days after the lab received them.
- According to the article, Joffe called the event a pilot program, while Bergren and Zoe Cohen said they hoped to use the response to plan a larger event in the fall.