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Article: College students and HIV/AIDS: a comparison of nontraditional and traditional student perspectives.(Author abstract)
- Article from:
- Journal of American College Health
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Despite efforts over the past few decades to educate the public about HIV/AIDS, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on World AIDS Day 2004 that the annual number of people testing positive for HIV has remained unchanged in the past 10 years. (1) Furthermore, AIDS experts express concern about the lack of attention to the domestic HIV/AIDS problem, noting that more counseling, testing, and education are needed to reduce the HIV infection rate. I One group that has received recent attention from researchers and the media is college students. An outbreak of HIV on North Carolina college campuses alarmed health officials, who emphasized the ...