Promotion of Safe Sex on College Campuses

Video Transcript

"By the age of twenty-four, one in three people will have contracted an STI. Those are pretty high numbers. How can we promote safer sex on college campuses? I'm Virginia Intelisano, mental health intern with the state of Florida, and I'm here to talk to teens and college kids about safer sex practices. There are a lot of different STI's out there. Ghonoria, Chlamidia, HIV and AIDS. These can all be protected against, of course by the use of condoms; however, what do you do when a condom is not readily available? One of the things that you want to try to do before you go out, boys or girls, is have a little safety pack and put it in your pocket or your purse. What I mean by this is take a condom, take a paper towel, and take a little package of lube. You can put this in a package all together in your purse, or your pocket so it's easily accessible. You want to protect yourself against all those scary STI's out there. You can also use dental dams for oral sex. Dental dams are little plastic figures, about this big, that you can use to protect yourself about oral sex and women. And girls, if you're having oral sex with men, you want to be able to use condoms. Condoms are good with everything, but if you're not on condoms and you're on birth control only, just remember that birth control does not protect against STI's. I'm Virginia Intelisano and I talked to you a little bit about today about how to protect yourself against STI's. If you have any other questions, please contact a local mental health professional or doctor in your area. Believe me, your safety and sanity is imperative."