Book Description

This document presents the results of the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey (NCHRBS) conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that pertain to HIV transmission. These results include sexual assault, alcohol and other drug use, and sexual behaviors. The survey was administered to a nationally representative random sample of college students. The report includes data from 4,609 undergraduate college students age 18 and over, representing a response rate of 60% overall. Report highlights include (1) 62% of respondents had sexual intercourse during the 30 days preceding the survey, while only 28% of this group reported that either they or their partner used a condom all or some of the time; (2) 41% of respondents had been taught about AIDS or HIV infection in their college classrooms; (3) in 2000, 1,688 people age 13 to 24 were reported with AIDS, bringing the cumulative total to 31,293 cases of AIDS in this age group; and (4) the overall incidence of AIDS is declining, but there has not been a comparable decline in the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases among youth. This document offers sample Campus Assessment Worksheets and Action Plan Worksheets for each of eight indicators, which form the basis of the chapters. Organization Directory and Organizations by Indicator appended. (Contains 66 references.) (NB).