by Student Health 101
Leila Yoder The idea of getting consent before doing something with someone else’s body or property is a basic one that most of us learned at an early age: Seek permission first, and only proceed if you get a ‘yes.’ That’s true of sexual consent too. Sometimes sexual...
by Student Health 101
Evan Walker-Wellsn Sexual assault remains a problem in higher ed. Among a random sample of New York undergrads, 22 percent reported experiencing at least one incident of sexual assault since entering college (PLoS ONE, 2017). Women and gender-nonconforming students...
by Student Health 101
Chamonix Adams Porter Research has shown that student communities include many survivors of sexual abuse and assault. When survivors receive positive social support, they’re less likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, or substance abuse issues,...
by Lucy Berrington
By Joseph Fischel, PhD, associate professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University It is undeniable that disability-specific statutes (in sex law) and codes (in university sexual misconduct policy) risk quashing intimate and sexual possibilities to...
by Lucy Berrington
By Lucy Berrington, MS Students with disabilities are at heightened risk of sexual assault and abuse, and are less able to access support services and legal justice, research shows. The same is true of students with emotional health conditions, although they may not...
by Lucy Berrington
Recently a health educator at one of our client universities asked us this question. The short answer is that our editorial approaches are based in best practices in health communication and public health, including cultural competence. Our content is developed with...
