Events+and+Conflicts

Since the discovery of HIV, its awareness level has continued to increase. Many college students if not all have now heard of HIV. They are many ways in which HIV can be contacted on campus. The primary and well known way is through sex. According to Goliath.com, fifty-two percent of a first year sample had tried sex and more than eighty-six percent of students in their second year and up have had sex(Goliath, 2008).

The number of people having sex in colleges are rising but more people fail to use protection. Many college students have sex with many partners which increases the spread of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV. According to stateuniversity.com, 75-85% of heterosexual students do not feel like they can contact HIV(stateuniversity, 2010). Also according to stateuniversity.com more than half of recent HIV infections are young adults mostly in colleges(stateuniversity, 2010). According to MADD, 400,000 students between the ages of 18-24 have engaged in unprotected sex.

Sex is not the only way one can contact HIV in colleges. Students can also contract HIV through the sharing drug needles. Drug use in colleges has risen from time. This has increased the rate at which students can contact HIV. The sharing of pedicure and manicure instruments can also be a way to contracting HIV. The conflict in this times is that people are biased to the avenues by which they can contract diseases.

Tattoos are very common in colleges and this is another avenue in which one can contact HIV. The tattoo artist might use the needle on an infected person, fail to sterilize it and then use it on a non infected person thereby infecting the individual.

In colleges today, there is a misconception of HIV patients. Students tend to runaway from students who they know have HIV. Students with HIV would not come out and live among people without others knowing. They might end up having sex with uninfected people and spreading the virus. Students need to be educated more about the ways in which HIV can be transmitted. Concealing of one's verdict to his or her partner is not a good way to deal with the issue.