Brown University ranks in top 10 in survey of 140 campuses’ sexual health services

PROVIDENCE – Parents who worry about their college students’ drinking, drugging and sexual activity might be interested in newly released data evaluating 140 colleges’ sexual health practices. This year’s Trojan Sexual Health Report Card ranks Brown University in eighth place (down from fifth place in 2015) and ranks Providence College 137th (138th last year), according to a recent release from Trojan, which makes condoms. No other Rhode Island colleges or universities were ranked in the Report Card, sponsored by Trojan and conducted by Sperling’s BestPlaces.

Data is collected from student health center staffers and secondary research on those centers and the on-campus services provided. Health centers were graded on several categories, including quality of sexual health information and resources on the college’s website; availability of free or at-cost condoms and other contraceptives; availability and cost of on- or off-campus testing for HIV and sexually transmitted infections; sexual assault programs, resources and services; hours of the health center operation and how easily and promptly students can access services.

“Seeing schools … make tremendous strides in the report are the exact results we aim for,” Bruce Weiss, vice president of marketing for Trojan, said in the statement. “It is always great to make the top 10, but watching the change that has happened … is a testament to the program and the passion students have when it comes to their own sexual health. That is the most exciting part of it all, inspiring change amongst students nationwide.”

This year’s Report Card ranking includes such powerhouse universities as the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (3), Harvard (15) and Stanford (9), among others, as well as some lesser known institutions, such as East Carolina University (63), Northern Illinois University (76) and Utah Valley University (127). In an effort to encourage college students to take responsibility for their sexual health, Trojan announced that it is donating more than 100,000 condoms to schools across the country this year.

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As for the top-ranked school in 2016? It’s the University of Georgia, which Sperling’s BestPlaces lauded for its student-driven programs. The Condom Express has improved on-campus access to condoms and the Project Condom Exhibition, a condom fashion show based on students’ designs, normalizes conversations pertaining to sexual health and sexual activity, said Trojan.

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