UGA Ranks 46th In Sexual Health Poll

Church & Dwight, the makers of Trojan condoms, have released their second annual study on sexual health at each US university that competes in NCAA Division I athletics. I'm not totally sure why they decided to make that particular distinction; they are leaving out some of the nation's largest schools in the process (ahem, NYU and its 40,000+ students). Anyways, the study was conducted like this:

"Researchers polled student health centers and reviewed their websites to assign a grade point average (GPA) for sexual health resources across 11 separate categories:

-- Sexual health awareness programs
-- Condom & contraception availability
-- HIV testing
-- Other Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing
-- Student health center hours of operation
-- Drop-in vs. appointment-based service
-- Navigability and usability of Web-based sexual health information
-- Anonymous advice / newspaper columns
-- Lecture outreach programs
-- Student peer groups
-- Sexual assault programs"

You'll notice that the poll doesn't address how well students apply the resources that are available to them, so, um, the students of Athens shouldn't get too cocky about that #46 ranking.

The whole press release and rankings can be seen here.