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Usually, when you see college and university students line up to get their hands on a cup, it’s at a keg party.
On Tuesday, the motivation was a bit different.
Students from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, Algonquin College and La Cité collégiale competed against one another in the hopes of setting a new Guinness World Record for the most chlamydia and gonorrhea urine tests in one venue in a 24-hour period.
It was part of an effort by Ottawa Public Health, which has teamed up with the four Ottawa post-secondary institutions to raise awareness about sexually transmitted infections.
The University of Calgary currently holds the record with 502 tests.
As of noon Tuesday, the count at the University of Ottawa stood at just over 100 participants.
“I’d say we get four in 10 students to take the test,” said Tujuanna Austin, a student volunteer holding a bowl full of lollipop-shaped condoms. Austin was trying to convince students to take a washroom break for a good cause.
Although Austin’s assessment seemed fairly optimistic (It seemed more like one in 10 students, at best), she said students have been engaged. “Everyone is pretty receptive, but when people hear ‘Guinness World Record’ they’re totally into it,” she said.
However, Autsin admits the subject of STI’s still has a stigma attached to it. “There are a lot of people who, when you say STI, they start walking faster,” she said. “We’re getting a lot of people saying ‘We’ll come back later.'”
According to Christiane Bouchard, the project officer with the OPH sexual health team, the goal of the initiative is to specifically raise awareness of chlamydia and gonorrhea.
Chlamydia is especially worrying because of the fact that up to 70 per cent of women and 50 per cent of men won’t have symptoms.
In 2015, there were 3,387 cases of chlamydia and 331 cases of gonorrhea diagnosed in Ottawa. Of those, 77 per cent were diagnosed in youth ages 15 to 29.
Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury said Ottawa’s post-secondary institutions are the perfect place for this initiative.
“We are right in the demographic area,” Fleury said. “There are 43,000 students at the University of Ottawa, so we’ll be able to get thousands of students walking by.”
Bouchard said the rise in the infection rate for young people could have a number of causes, ranging from young people neglecting to use condoms to an increase in young people getting tested, resulting in more diagnoses.
University of Ottawa student Shannon MacLellan was able to get around the public nature of the testing. “I thought at first it would be weird, but then I saw everyone else doing it,” she said.
Similarly, Vincent Duquette didn’t let the crowds sway him. “This is my first time getting tested,” he said. “I just had to make sure I drank a lot of water before.”
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On Tuesday, the motivation was a bit different.
Students from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, Algonquin College and La Cité collégiale competed against one another in the hopes of setting a new Guinness World Record for the most chlamydia and gonorrhea urine tests in one venue in a 24-hour period.
It was part of an effort by Ottawa Public Health, which has teamed up with the four Ottawa post-secondary institutions to raise awareness about sexually transmitted infections.
The University of Calgary currently holds the record with 502 tests.
As of noon Tuesday, the count at the University of Ottawa stood at just over 100 participants.
“I’d say we get four in 10 students to take the test,” said Tujuanna Austin, a student volunteer holding a bowl full of lollipop-shaped condoms. Austin was trying to convince students to take a washroom break for a good cause.
Although Austin’s assessment seemed fairly optimistic (It seemed more like one in 10 students, at best), she said students have been engaged. “Everyone is pretty receptive, but when people hear ‘Guinness World Record’ they’re totally into it,” she said.
However, Autsin admits the subject of STI’s still has a stigma attached to it. “There are a lot of people who, when you say STI, they start walking faster,” she said. “We’re getting a lot of people saying ‘We’ll come back later.'”
According to Christiane Bouchard, the project officer with the OPH sexual health team, the goal of the initiative is to specifically raise awareness of chlamydia and gonorrhea.
Chlamydia is especially worrying because of the fact that up to 70 per cent of women and 50 per cent of men won’t have symptoms.
In 2015, there were 3,387 cases of chlamydia and 331 cases of gonorrhea diagnosed in Ottawa. Of those, 77 per cent were diagnosed in youth ages 15 to 29.
Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury said Ottawa’s post-secondary institutions are the perfect place for this initiative.
“We are right in the demographic area,” Fleury said. “There are 43,000 students at the University of Ottawa, so we’ll be able to get thousands of students walking by.”
Bouchard said the rise in the infection rate for young people could have a number of causes, ranging from young people neglecting to use condoms to an increase in young people getting tested, resulting in more diagnoses.
University of Ottawa student Shannon MacLellan was able to get around the public nature of the testing. “I thought at first it would be weird, but then I saw everyone else doing it,” she said.
Similarly, Vincent Duquette didn’t let the crowds sway him. “This is my first time getting tested,” he said. “I just had to make sure I drank a lot of water before.”
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