{"581944":{"#nid":"581944","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Free HIV Testing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHealth Promotion will offer free HIV testing on Tuesday, March 14\u0026nbsp;from 10am-2pm at\u0026nbsp;the Student Center in the Piedmont Room.\u0026nbsp; The free testing, provided by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aidshealth.org\/#\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAIDS Healthcare Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E, is available to all Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff at no charge.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ETesting will be performed using the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biolytical.com\/products\/instiHIV\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EINSTI test\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and results will be given immediately.\u0026nbsp; Health Educators will be present to make sexual health information and safer sex supplies available.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis event is a part of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/healthpromotion.gatech.edu\/get-yourself-protected\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EG.Y.P. (Get Yourself Protected)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;campaign being implemented by Health Promotion. The goal of G.Y.P. is to empower Georgia Tech students to make healthy decisions regarding protection if they choose to be sexually active.\u0026nbsp; HIV testing is available to eligible students at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/health.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EStamps Health Services\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at a low cost on an ongoing basis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMany sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, can be asymptomatic (which means a person could have a STI and not know it).\u0026nbsp; One in eight (12.8%) of those people living with HIV in the United States are unaware of their infection\u003Csup\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/sup\u003E(CDC, 2015). The only way to be sure someone don\u0026rsquo;t have HIV is to be tested. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHealth Promotion is proud to partner with AIDS Healthcare Foundation to provide this service to the Georgia Tech community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHealth Promotion will offer free HIV testing on Tuesday, March 14 from 10am-2pm at the Student Center in the Piedmont Room.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Health Promotion will offer free HIV testing on Tuesday, March 14 from 10am-2pm at the Student Center in the Piedmont Room."}],"uid":"27649","created_gmt":"2016-09-30 14:29:02","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Christine Kapurch","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"581945":{"id":"581945","type":"image","title":"Free HIV Testing","body":null,"created":"1475245839","gmt_created":"2016-09-30 14:30:39","changed":"1475245839","gmt_changed":"2016-09-30 14:30:39","alt":"","file":{"fid":"221821","name":"AIDS ribbon.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AIDS%20ribbon.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AIDS%20ribbon.png","mime":"image\/png","size":144449,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/AIDS%20ribbon.png?itok=9LCKIz1d"}}},"media_ids":["581945"],"groups":[{"id":"428961","name":"Health and Well-Being"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166906","name":"Stamps"},{"id":"12533","name":"health promotion"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on this event, please contact\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ryan.wilkerson@health.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}