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Call (541) 346-6026 to schedule an interview or for more information about Peace www.peacecorps.gov (800) 424-8580 The Oregon Daily Emerald is always looking for young writers who want to learn and grow at a real newspaper. For information on how to freelance for the Emerald call 346-5511. HIV results must be revealed ■The Oregon Health Division now requires care providers to submit the names of people who test positive for HIV By Leon Tovey Oregon Daily Emerald As of Oct. 1, health care providers — including the Uni versity Health Center — are re quired to report to the Oregon Health Division the identities of all people who test positive for HIV, the virus that can cause AIDS. The Oregon Department of Human Services’ HIV Program has instituted a new system for reporting, and- health care providers will now have to turn over the names of patients who test positive for HIV. After completing a patient’s case re port, DHS will create an identi fication code unique to each patient and erase the name from HIV Program records. Un der no circumstances, accord ing to DHS, will a person’s name be held for more than 90 days. The policy, which was insti tuted by DHS after four years of debate, has raised privacy con cerns. Some health care providers and citizens’ rights groups argue that certain peo ple at risk for the virus will re fuse to be tested for fear that their identities will be leaked or reported to other govern ment agencies. “HIV and AIDS are different; there’s still a stigma attached that can lead to problems for people,” said Jann Carson, as sociate director of the Ameri can Civil Liberties Union of Oregon. “DHS needs to be sen sitive to that.” Oregon has required that the identities of people with AIDS be reported since 1984, but health care providers were only required to identify those with HIV in certain situations — such as when a unit of donated blood tested positive. However, new treatments have signifi cantly reduced the number of deaths from AIDS and inci dents of new AIDS cases since 1995, causing DHS to change the policy. HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS, differs from other dis eases on OHD’s reportable dis ease list in that it must be re ported directly to OHD. Other diseases, such as measles, hep atitis and rubella, must be re ported to local county health departments. Veda Latin, the manager of the HIV, STD and TB program for DHS, said the goal in chang ing the policy is improve the state’s ability to track the spread of HIV and target high risk populations with new treatments and prevention methods. DHS currently esti mates that between 3,800 and 8,600 Oregonians are HIV posi tive. The hope is that the new policy will give state health of ficials more accurate numbers, Latin said. However, there is fear among those working directly with high-risk populations that many people at risk for infec tion will not distinguish be tween having their name or their identification code on file. “People who are out on the street and at high risk don’t un derstand the subtleties,” said Leslie Habetler, advocacy di rector for the HIV Alliance, a not-for-profit Eugene organiza tion that offers free HIV pre vention and counseling servic es. “These people are very hard to reach and really don’t like to deal with the government.” Oregon is the 48th state to in stitute an HIV reporting sys tem, and Latin said that while there is a possibility that the number of people going for testing might drop, judging from the experiences of other states, those numbers should return to normal after about six months. She also stressed the fact that the new policy would not apply to those who wish to be tested anonymously. The University Health Center administers approximately 700 HIV tests each year, but Dr. Gerald Fleischli, director of the center, said he is not worried that the change in policy will scare people away. “If people test positive, there are treatments,” he said. “Most people want to get those treat ments.” Leon Tovey is a higher education reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached at leontovey@dailyemerald.com. Student health educators reach out ■The health education class allows volunteers to learn while teaching their peers about a variety of health topics By Diane Huber Oregon Daily Emerald Before sophomore Ashley Bun nard signed up for the Universi ty's Peer Health Education pro gram, she had thought she wanted to major in political sci ence. But after spending time learning about nutrition, HIV, stress management, alcohol, eat ing disorders and many other health-related topics, she real ized she wanted to pursue a health career, she said. "There are a lot of programs students don’t know about (on campus), and we push the re sources that are available,” she said. Bunnard is one of 14 students enrolled in the 3-credit peer health program this term. Stu dents learn by teaching their peers about health-related topics in creative ways, program coordi nator Ramah Leith said. The class extends beyond the classroom; the peers volunteer their time by presenting health topics to groups on campus such as fraternities, sororities and resi dence halls, manning informa tional booths in the Student Recreation Center, and working in the peer health education of fice on the first floor of the Stu dent Health Center, Leith said. Peers also publish a newsletter each term and help organize workshops that teach students how to whip up a great vegetari an meal, quit smoking or reduce stress. Health Educator and former Program Coordinator Annie Dochnahl said the class was or ganized more than 10 years ago by a group of graduate students. The students based the program on a “peer health model,” which was designed to motivate stu dents to teach their peers about health topics. Since then, the program’s focus has been constantly evolving, she said. The peers commit two terms to the program, and the fo cus of a particular term reflects the interests and passions of the students involved, she said. Leith encourages students to come to the peer health office in the health center for free choles terol screenings from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays. The of fice is also open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for students inter ested in consulting the peers about nutrition analysis and any health concerns. Students gener ally relate to other students and are more likely to talk about their concerns with peers, she said. Peers also set up a booth every other Wednesday in the lobby of the Student Recreation Center to inform students about topics such as safety, sexual practices and nutrition, Dochnahl said. For the booth on Oct. 31, the peers will collaborate with Project SafeRide to teach students about alcohol and safety, she said. Bunnard joined the program because she thought her public speaking skills were dwindling and the public speaking aspect attracted her attention, she said. Dochnahl said the program provides an opportunity for stu dents to learn skills to benefit them in the future. “(The student educators) take what they learn in the classroom and convert it to something use ful for their classmates,” she said. “They can see the merit of ‘give as you learn.’ It’s not just them as a sponge.” Diane Huber is a student activities reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached at dianehuber@dailyemerald.com. Oregon Daily Emerald P.O. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. 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