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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.
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