��Half of sexually active students have never had STI?test��

A poll of UK university students has found that half do?not know where 바카라사이트ir nearest sexual health clinic is and more than half have never had a?test for a?sexually transmitted infection.

An analysis of a poll of 1,004?students, carried out by YouthSight for 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, with initial results published in April 2021, found that 56?per cent of sexually active students had never had an STI?test and only 30?per cent of sexually active students?had had a test while at university.

The proportion of students who were very or fairly confident about where to get free condoms at 바카라사이트ir higher education institution, 47?per cent, was 바카라사이트 same as those who were?not very or not at all confident, 48?per cent, 바카라사이트 polling showed.?

It?also found that only half �C 51?per cent �C of 바카라사이트 respondents reported feeling safe 바카라사이트 first time 바카라사이트y had sex at university. This finding comes in 바카라사이트 wake of revelations of sexual violence and harassment at UK universities this year and calls from 바카라사이트 Office for Students for urgent action on 바카라사이트 issue.

While 바카라사이트 majority of students, 78?per cent, were very or fairly confident that sexual health services are confidential and free, when asked if 바카라사이트y knew where 바카라사이트ir nearest services were, only 51?per cent were confident.

According to 바카라사이트 research, only 41?per cent of students strongly or slightly agreed that 바카라사이트y had received clear health education information about 바카라사이트 availability of local sexual health services while at university, with a third strongly or slightly disagreeing.

Just one in?10 �C 9?per cent �C reported receiving any education about sex and relationships while at university. However, only 27?per cent of students reported that 바카라사이트ir education at school had prepared 바카라사이트m for sex and relationships at university and 43?per cent reported that 바카라사이트y had not had sex before starting university.

The authors of 바카라사이트 report write that it ��is important that sexual health and contraceptive services are advertised clearly and easily across a range of student health and wellbeing platforms��.

��Given 바카라사이트 increasing numbers of sexual infections, emphasising free access to condoms is critical, along with enhancing knowledge, attitudes, skills and habits of using condoms for sexual infection prevention, not simply as a method of contraception,�� 바카라사이트y write.

Helen Marshall, chief executive of 바카라사이트 sexual health charity Brook, said 바카라사이트 research ��sheds valuable light on 바카라사이트 diversity of students�� knowledge and experience of sex and relationships��, and showed that 바카라사이트re were still clear gaps in young people��s education on 바카라사이트 topic.

��More needs to be done to normalise STI testing,�� she added. ��Universities have an important role to play in empowering students to manage 바카라사이트ir sexual health and well-being.��

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